Washington State University's Board of Regents named a new president Thursday who will take over in April as the school's first female president.

Utah State University President Elizabeth Cantwell, pictured here on the Pullman campus of Washington State University, was named the university's 12th president Thursday in Pullman. She is the first woman in the role since the university's creation in 1890. (Robert Hubner)

The outgoing Chancellor of the University of Illinois is trading one Big Ten administrative role for another. The University of Washington announced Monday that Robert Jones will become its 34th president upon Jones ending his tenure at Illinois.