Kristi Mindrup Named Vice President of Western Illinois University Quad Cities Campus Operations
MACOMB/Moline, IL – Kristi Mindrup has been named Vice President of Quad Cities Campus Operations, effective Feb. 1.
Mindrup, who has been assistant vice president for Quad Cities academic affairs since August 2009, has been serving as the interim administrator in charge of the WIU-Quad Cities campus since June 2020. Before being named assistant vice president, Mindrup was the director of instructional and administrative services at the WIU-QC campus from 2007-2009. Prior to that she served as assistant director to the associate provost-Quad Cities for three years and as assistant to the director of the WIU-QC campus from 2000 to 2003.
“It is a privilege to announce Dr. Mindrup as the vice president leading Quad Cities campus operations,” said WIU President Guiyou Huang. “Her many years of experience at our Moline campus, and her solid leadership over the past few years, which has included developing a strategic plan for the Quad Cities campus and being actively engaged with many Quad Cities-based organizations, will ensure a strong, future-facing mission for our Quad Cities campus.”
Mindrup joined the WIU-QC staff in 1997 and was named instructional technology systems manager in 1998. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member in the College Student Personnel program at WIU. She began her career at Western in September 1997 as a clerk III at the WIU-Quad Cities. She was named instructional technology systems manager in 1998.
“As a life-long Quad Citizen, I am grateful for this opportunity to provide leadership and engage in collaborations that expand access to higher education opportunities in my hometown,” Mindrup said. “I look forward to connecting WIU’s strategic plan, programs and people to the Quad Cities in ways that empower students from a variety of backgrounds to achieve their goals and gain the preparation they need to contribute to the community and quality of life in our region.”
Mindrup received her doctorate from the University of Iowa, a master’s degree from WIU and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Northern Iowa.
In the community, Mindrup is a member of the Renew Moline Board of Directors and the United Way Education Council, and is the past-president of the Illinois Association for Institutional Research, and a nine-year representative to the Council for Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.
