University of Michigan has announced that Mark Tessler will take on the full-time role of vice provost for international affairs at the university.

Tessler has served for six years in this capacity part time while also directing the International Institute.

Provost Phil Hanlon and LSA Dean Terrence McDonald, announced the appointment for the university.

Hanlon and McDonald also announced, as part of this change, Kenneth Kollman's appointment as director of the International Institute.

Both appointments are pending approval of the Board of Regents.

"We are extremely pleased that Mark Tessler and Kenneth Kollman, in their respective roles effective January 1, will provide the leadership to advance the university's international engagement," Hanlon and McDonald wrote last week in an e-mail to executive officers, deans and institutional leadership.

Read more about the move in the University Record.