The University of Pikeville has announced the identity of their new president. According to a press release issued by the university, UPike’s board of trustees has selected Burton J. Webb Ph.D. for the job. Webb is currently the vise president of academic affairs at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa Idaho, and will assume his new role on January 1^st. Webb earned a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from Indiana University School of Medicine, a master’s degree in biology from Ball State University and a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Olivet Nazarene University.