Cal State Fullerton introduced former University of Hawaii athletics director Jim Donovan as the new Director of Athletics for the Titans Thursday morning, according to the Big West Conference website and Fullerton athletics Twitter account.

The announcement at around 8 a.m. Hawaii time was made by the university's president Dr. Mildred Garcia.

Click here to watch the video of the announcement.

Donovan was cleared in the Stevie Wonder concert fundraising scandal for the UH athletics department that lost the university $200,000.  He was then transferred to the UH Manoa Chancellor's Office after a lawsuit was threatened against the university for defaming and ruining his reputation when he was suspended on July 11.

The Titans play in the Big West Conference where UH has a number of teams in baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball among other sports.

"I am thrilled to now be able to call Jim Donovan a Titan," said Garcia.  "I'm confident in his ability to lead our intercollegiate athletics program with continued success, and ensure an enriching experience for our student-athletes."

A 21-year veteran of athletics administration, Donovan, 53, becomes the 11th director of athletics in the history of Cal State Fullerton after overseeing Hawaii's 21-sport operation with a budget of more than $30 million from 2008-12.

During his tenure, the athletic programs saw a collective improvement in both Academic Progress Rate and overall grade point average while managing a department that included more than 120 full-time staff, 200-plus part-time staff, and 450-plus student-athletes.

Donovan spearheaded a fundraising effort that secured more than $40 million in public and private capital improvement projects and increased planned giving and major gifts from $5 million to an estimated $14 million.  He also secured a partnership with ESPN Regional Television for the creation of the Diamond Head Classic basketball tournament and negotiated a contract with Oceanic Time Warner Cable and KFVE-TV on another television partnership that will bring in more than $14 million to the athletics department over a six-year period.