Dr. Mark E. Sarver, an experienced leader in Kansas, Virginia and West Virginia higher education, has been selected as the new director of EduKan, the stateź??s first online community college consortium.

Sarver, who has served with McPherson College and Sterling College, will assume his duties April 6 at EduKan headquarters in Great Bend.

EduKan is a virtual online community college, offering a wide range of general education classes and associate degree opportunities through the Internet.

Found online at www.edukan.org , EduKan is owned and operated by the Western Kansas Community College Virtual Education Consortium, including Seward County Community College/Area Technical School, Liberal, Kansas.