PRESQUE ISLE (AP) – Less than a year after taking the job, the president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle said Thursday that he is resigning effective Aug. 31.

The announcement by Karl Burgher comes about two months after faculty members at the school asked for his removal following a vote of no-confidence.

Burgher made no mention of the vote in a prepared statement, saying instead that a “great deal” had been accomplished in his year on the job.

“It is time to step away and allow another to carry the university forward,” Burgher said. “My family is moving back to the Missouri Ozarks to be with friends and church. I will engage with several consulting responsibilities in the near term while deciding on longer term commitments and plans.”

Burgher became UMPI president last July after being selected from among 48 candidates. He previously worked at Fairmont State University in West Virginia.

The college’s Faculty Assembly in May wrote a three-page letter to Joseph Westphal, who was then chancellor of the University of Maine System, saying Burgher had lost respect within the university and Presque Isle communities.

Westphal later met with Burgher and worked out a set of goals for the months ahead.

Terrance MacTaggart, the current chancellor, said he and other university system officials will soon visit Presque Isle to meet with UMPI faculty, staff and students as well as members of the community to discuss what qualities a new president should possess.

MacTaggart said he intends to name an interim president before the start of the academic year, which begins Aug. 28.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle, which has about 1,500 students, is one of seven universities in the University of Maine System.