Penn State is expected to name its next president on Thursday.
The university’s Board of Trustees will hold a public meeting at 11 a.m. “to consider a presidential appointment,” according to a news release. The meeting will be held at Deans Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center and will be livestreamed at wpsu.psu.edu/trustees.
The board’s Subcommittee on Compensation also will meet during the public session.
Prior to to the public meeting, the Subcommittee on Compensation will hold an executive session 9 a.m. and the full board will meet in executive session at 9:30 a.m.
President Eric Barron announced in February that he planned to retire at the conclusion of his current contract in June 2022. A former faculty member and dean in the university’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, returned to Penn State in May 2014 to become its 18th president following the retirement of Rodney Erickson.
Prior to formally launching its presidential search in July, a university advisory group garnered feedback from thousands of employees, students, alumni and community members through surveys and meetings to collect input about the qualities they were seeking in university leader.
That feedback was used to develop a report that the 19-member Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee used to inform its recruiting and vetting process.
“We are seeking a collaborative leader with interdisciplinary perspective to continue to move the University’s teaching, research and public service mission forward,” Board of Trustees chair Matt Schuyler said in July. “The ideal candidate will be dedicated to supporting student success and faculty and staff achievement, while continuing to build on our commitment to access and affordability, elevating our research profile, and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion across our campus communities.”
