WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Southwestern College of Winfield has chosen a college administrator from Wisconsin to become its new president.

The college announced Tuesday that Brad Andrews, a senior vice president at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will become president of Southwestern on July 1.

Andrews replaces Dick Merriman, who resigned after 17 years at Southwestern to become president of the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio.

Andrews earned his bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in education from Drake University. In 2009 he earned a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin.