New London — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy will hold a change of command ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday on the Washington Parade Field.

Coast Guard Vice Commandant Peter V. Neffenger will preside over the ceremony.

Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, the first female leader of a U.S. service academy, will be relieved by Rear Adm. James E. Rendon, who served as assistant superintendent at the academy from 2010 to 2012. His most recent assignment was as director of the Joint Interagency Task Force West, an organization charged with planning and conducting counter-drug strategy throughout the Pacific.

Under Stosz's command, the school made significant gains in diversity and continued to be ranked as the No. 1 college in the northeast by U.S. News and World Report, according to a news release from the academy.

Stosz, a 1982 graduate of the academy, has been nominated for promotion to vice admiral by President Barack Obama. In her next assignment as deputy commandant for mission support, she will be responsible for the processes and strategies to sustain the Coast Guard's cutters, aircraft, boats, shore infrastructure, information technology and people, the news release said.

The event is open to the public. Guests requiring handicapped parking must contact the Academy Police Department at (860) 444-8598.