ATHENS (AP) — Athens State University is hiring a search firm to help it look for its next president.

The university will pay $67,500 to Academic Search of Washington to help recruit the school’s next president, according to a report by the The Decatur Daily reports.

Robert Glenn, who has been president of Athens State for 10 years, left in July to become president of the University of Houston-Victoria in Texas.

Spokesman Chris Latham says the university hopes to have a new president by next fall.

Athens State is a public university offering bachelor’s degrees to students who have already completed freshman and sophomore coursework, as well as some master’s degrees.

The university hired Ron Ingle as interim president from a company that provides temporary college administrators.

Ingle was interim provost at Athens State in 2015 and 2016.

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Information from: The Decatur Daily, http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml