Aysegul Timur is a

Turkish American Turkish Americans () or American Turks are Americans of ethnic Turkish origin. The term "Turkish Americans" can therefore refer to ethnic Turkish immigrants to the United States, as well as their American-born descendants, who originate eith ...

academic administrator who serves as the 5th president of

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. She is the first woman and first immigrant to become president in the university's history. She lives in

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Life and career

A native of

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, Timur holds bachelor's and master's degrees from

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

and a PhD from the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

, all in business administration. She used to serve as vice president of strategy and program innovation at FGCU (2019–2023), dean of the Johnson School of Business at Hodges University (2014–2017), and senior vice president of academic affairs at Hodges University (2017–2019). She became president on July 1, 2023, succeeding Michael V. Martin, after a 7–6 vote by the FGCU Board of Trustees in May and a unanimous vote by the

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in June 2023. She narrowly beat out finalist Henry Mack, senior chancellor at the

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and ally of Governor

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timur, Aysegul Living people People from Naples, Florida Istanbul University alumni University of South Florida alumni Women heads of universities and colleges Florida Gulf Coast University people Turkish emigrants to the United States Heads of universities and colleges in the United States 21st-century American educators 21st-century American academics 21st-century American women academics Year of birth missing (living people)