SEASIDE, Calif. -- California State University, Monterey Bay named a new president Wednesday.

Dianne F. Harrison will take over the position this summer.

She succeeds interim university President Diane Cordero de Noriega, who took the place last summer of the university's first president, Peter Smith.

Harrison is currently vice president for academic quality and external programs at Florida State University, where she has worked for 30 years.

Harrison holds a doctorate from Washington University in social work and master's degree in social work from the University of Alabama, where she also earned a bachelor's degree in American studies.