Christopher Ames will be the 10th president of the Sage Colleges. Ames is the provost of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He will take over the role in July from President Susan Scrimshaw, who is stepping down in June. The private college announced the new president today after a nine-month national search. Ames said in a statement he was intrigued by the mix of the two campuses in Albany and Troy, New York, in addition to the college's graduate programs. "I am a firm believer…