Dr. Darlene Brannigan Smith has been named interim President of Frostburg State University, effective March 10th. Dr. Ron Nowaczyk is resigning that position as of January 31st, due to health reasons. Dr. Smith is a graduate of Harvard’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Higher Education, Leadership Maryland, and the leadership program of the Greater Baltimore Committee. She also has had a long career at the University of Baltimore, for four years as executive vice-president and provost, and before that, as the dean of UBalt’s highly ranked Merick School of Business.