(KLZA)-- Dr. Brinton Strohmyer has been selected at the next Vice President for Administration and Finance at Peru State College.

Strohmyer comes to Peru State after several years working with and leading nursing homes in Nebraska and Iowa.

His duties will include overseeing fiscal operations at the college, from budget planning, payroll, facilities operations and construction, and business services at the college.

Strohmyer spent five years as program chair and and instructor of marketing, management and business at Iowa Western Community College.

The native of Gothenburg, Nebraska also worked for the federal judiciary as a District of Nebraska Bankruptcy Court financial administrator.

Peru State is in the midst of its largest capital construction initiative in its more than 150-year history. Named Project ROAR (Renewed Opportunities for Athletics and Recreation), its more than $15 million price tag is a complex mix of college, federal, state, and private funds.