masontisa2Valley City  (VCSU/CSi)  Valley City State University will host a reception for its new president, Tisa A. Mason, Ed.D., from 4–6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in the Student Center Skoal Room on the VCSU campus.

Open to the public, the reception will provide members of the greater Valley City community with an opportunity to meet President Mason and her husband, Mr. Bill Mason. Refreshments will be served.

President Mason comes to Valley City from Hays, Kan., where she served as vice president for student affairs at Fort Hays State University. She previously served as dean of student life at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater in Whitewater, Wis., and as executive director of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and Foundation in Indianapolis, Ind.

She holds a Doctor of Education degree in higher education from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.; a Master of Science in Education from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/anthropology from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky.

Please join us in welcoming President Mason and Mr. Mason to Valley City.