residence predecessor successor birth_place title birth_date term_start order article_title term_end name alma_mater
portland , maine , u.s. richard l. pattenaude theo kalikow chelsea , massachusetts , u.s. president of the university of southern maine 1950 july 1 , 2008 10th selma botman
 july 9 , 2012 selma botman brandeis university oxford university harvard university
selma botman

selma botman is an american academic .
her post at the university of maine system -lrb- ums -rrb- chancellor 's office focused on expanding the systems international education programs , recruiting foreign students , and coordinating overseas faculty exchanges .
botman was the president of the university of southern maine from july 1 , 2008 to july 9 , 2012 .
from fall 2004 to june 2008 , she served as the executive vice-chancellor and university provost of the city university of new york .
recently , yeshiva university named dr. botman the university 's next vice president for academic affairs and provost .
