RDN REPORTS rdnnews@gmail.com Dr. Stephen Roberts has been appointed vice chancellor of strategic initiatives and chief operating officer for the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development at Missouri University of Science and Technology effective June 1. Roberts currently serves as interim provost and executive vice chancellor of academic affairs at Missouri S&T and previously was founding dean of Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. “We have the right leader at the right time in Steve Roberts,” Chancellor Mo Dehghani says. “He has served our institution well as our chief academic officer over the past two years, and previously as our founding dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. I am certain he will provide the leadership we need to make Fred and June Kummer’s vision for the Kummer Institute a reality at S&T.”