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Barbara Wilson chosen as new University of Iowa president Monday, May 3, 2021 11:06 AM A seven-month journey to recruit, evaluate and select the next leader of the University of Iowa ended Friday when Barbara Wilson, a longtime administrator at the University of Illinois, was named the institutions 22nd president, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. The 63-year-old administrator was previously vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois. Sh...

The Associated Press ap photo University of Iowa’s incoming President Barbara Wilson is introduced during a news conference on Friday at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s governing board on Friday picked the University of Illinois System’s No. 2 executive to be the school’s next president, opting for an experienced academic leader to succeed a president with an unusual business background. T...

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A seven-month journey to recruit, evaluate and select the next leader of the University of Iowa ended Friday when Barbara Wilson, a longtime administrator at the University of Illinois, was named the institutions 22nd president.  Wilson, 63, has been second in command of the sprawling Illinois system and was once interim chancellor there. She will begin work at Iowa on July 15. She has a five-year contract that will pay her $600,000 annually, plus up to $400,000 in deferred compensation eac...

Ryan J. Foley University of Iowas incoming President Barbara Wilson speaks during a news conference, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa Board of Regents appointed Wilson on Friday, to succeed Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after leading the campus since 2015, after interviewing four finalists in closed session. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) April 30, 202...

Iowa City Press-Citizen After seven months, 79 applicants and four finalists who have taken turns answering questions in public, the University of Iowa is going to get a new president Friday afternoon.  Barbara Wilson, Daniel Clay, Hari Osofsky and  Wendy Hensel — two career academics and two Ivy League-educated lawyers — emerged as the finalists to replace Bruce Harreld. All hold high-level academic degrees and have built careers as professors, researchers and scholars. But ea...

Wikimedia Commons IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR eastern Iowa reporter Kate Payne about the finalists in the running to become the next UI president. Four finalists to be the next president of the University of Iowa interviewed over the last couple of weeks in Iowa City. Theyre applying to replace current UI President Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after a five-year term. The finalists in the order they were interviewed are: Hari Osofsky: the dean of the schools of law an...

Later this week, the Iowa Board of Regents is slated to pick a new president for the University of Iowa. Three of the four finalists are women, all from outside the university. The fourth is a man, Daniel Clay, whos currently dean of the UI College of Education.   In a trial scheduled for December in Polk County (the regents headquarters), the university will be the defendant in an age and gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a College of Education employee. And though the named defe...

The fourth and last finalist to be the University of Iowas next president spoke Thursday about the importance of increasing graduation and retention rates as sources of critical new revenue for the institution. Daniel Clay — dean of UIs College of Education, and the only internal presidential candidate — said previous administrations at UI and elsewhere have fallen short by failing to listen to communities concerns about racism, while he also defended the importance of free speech on cam...

04/23/21 The fourth finalist for University of Iowa president says he will be a large presence on campus, especially during times of crisis. Dean of the UI’s College of Education, Daniel Clay, held an open forum event Thursday afternoon as part of his two day on campus visit with educators, administrators, students and community leaders. He’s the only internal candidate of the four vying to become the University’s 22 nd President. Clay said he has a head start compared to the other finali...