Newberry College president named

Maurice Scherrens, senior vice president and chief operating officer at George Mason University, has been named president at Newberry College.

He starts in August.

At George Mason, Scherrens oversaw government relations, institutional planning and research, and campus development. Enrollment rose by 28,000 in his 30 years at the Fairfax, Va., school.

Scherrens succeeds Scott Koerwer, who resigned abruptly in November after a little more than a year at Newberry. Koerwer remains on the faculty.