John Jones, Student Affairs associate vice president, will leave NIU for the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in early June.

“I am extremely pleased that Dr. John Jones will be joining the leadership team at UNC Pembroke,” said UNC Chancellor Kyle Carter, according to a UNC news release. “He brings many attributes that will immediately benefit us.”

Jones is a native of North Carolina. He has previously applied for positions outside NIU; in 2011, he was a candidate for vice president of Student Affairs at Illinois State University.

According to the Illinois Board of Higher Education, Jones was paid a base salary of $115,588.68 at NIU in Fiscal Year 2012.