(KAIR)--Atchison's Maur Hill-Mount Academy has named a new president, with the change set to take effect later this month.

According to a release from the Board of Directors for the Catholic high school, hired to fill that role, effective  April 27, is John Dahlstrand, PhD.

The release says Dahlstrand comes to the school from Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence, where he has served for the past four years as Director of Operations. The release says he brings more than 20 years of experience in education, including work in international student recruitment and retention at the University of Kansas, and leadership roles focused on student success and retention at Washburn University and Loyola University of Chicago. The school says Dahlstrand earned his doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Loyola University Chicago.

Dahlstrand, the release notes, was selected following a nationwide search that began earlier this year, with the goal of finding a leader who will carry forward the school's mission in the Benedictine tradition.