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The second-in-command of a New England liberal-arts college will head up Washington State University Vancouver starting in July.

Mel Netzhammer, the current provost of Keene State College in New Hampshire, will become chancellor of WSUV, the university announced Monday. Netzhammer will have the job formerly held by Hal Dengerink, who died Sept. 14 after a two-year battle with brain cancer.