the board of trustees selected J. William Byrd as the third president. Byrd assumed the duties of the office on January 31 and was inaugurated on September 30.
=== 2008–present ===
In July 2009, an additional location was opened in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 2009, and academic delivery of some of the college's programs became available online in 2012. The same month, Philip P. Kerstetter, became the college's fourth president. Two years later, Mount Olive College officially changed its name to the University of Mount Olive.
In July 2018, David L. Poole became the university's fifth president. He was succeeded in 2020 by H. Edward Croom who was named the university's interim president. Later that year, the board named him the sixth president of the university.
=== Presidents ===
University presidents include:
== Campus ==
The university's main campus is located on 250 acres of land at the edge of the Mount Olive Historic District in the town of Mount Olive, NC. Mount Olive is 60 miles southeast of …
