Byrd assumed the duties of office on January 31 and was inaugurated on September 30. In July 2009, an additional location was opened in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 2009, and academic delivery of some of the University's programs became available online in 2012. In July 2009, Philip P. Kerstetter, Ph.D. was named the College's fourth president. Kerstetter assumed the duties of office on July 1, 2009 and was inaugurated on March 19, 2010. Mount Olive College officially changed its name to the University of Mount Olive as of January 1, 2014. In July 2018, David L. Poole, Ed.D. was named as the University's fifth president. Poole assumed the duties of office on July 1, 2018 and was inaugurated on October 5, 2018. In February 2020, H. Edward Croom, Ed.D. was named the University's interim president. The university's main campus is nestled within 250 acres of land at the edge of the Mount Olive Historic District in the town of Mount Olive, NC. The campus is separated by a large common with the university's chapel at its center. Mount Olive is 60 miles southeast of the capital city of Raleigh, North Carolina and 75 miles northwest of the coastal town of Wilmington, North Carolina. The past decade has yielded a period of significant growth and expansion for the main campus. With greater investment in housing and residence halls, academic and recreational buildings, as well as administrative offices. Additional Education Service Centers are located throughout eastern North Carolina at New Bern, Wilmington, Goldsboro (Seymour Johnson Air Force Base), Research Triangle Park, Washington, and Jacksonville. Juniors and seniors can choose to live off campus or in the residence halls designated for upperclassmen, but all freshman and sophomores in the University's traditional program must live in campus housing for their first two years at the university. The university's residence facilities can accommodate up to 650 students. The University of Mount Olive educates over 4,000 students per year. It is governed by a 30-member Board of Trustees with five members being elected each year to a six-year term. At least 18 of the Trustees are members in good standing in churches affiliated with the Original Free Will Baptist Convention. The President of the Convention serves as an ex officio member of the Board. The University of Mount Olive is a member of NCAA Division II and the Conference Carolinas. The University has intercollegiate teams in the women's sports of lacrosse, track and field, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and softball as well as in the men's sports of lacrosse, track and field, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and baseball.