Trustees to meet April 13 via conference call
April 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. on April 13 via conference call to discuss proposed room and board charges for the 2021-22 academic year.
The meeting will be available for listening purposes via livestream at https://www.wpsu.org/trustees/.
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Penn State has established a âNext-Genâ committee to guide the administration in selecting a new university president after current President Eric Barron announced his upcoming retirement in 2022.
The committee is using the next few months as a listening phase. The phase is designed to listen to community needs, seek feedback and guide university involvement during the selection process, according to Penn State News.Â
The process will involve Next-Gen Penn State committee members engaging community members via surveys, small discussion groups and a forthcoming website for responses. The engagement will primarily seek to find the qualities and qualifications people are looking for in the new university president.
As previously announced, President Eric Barron
plans to retire once his contract expires in June 2022. Now, the board has formed a task force to spearhead efforts to find Penn State’s next president.
To get started, the Board of Trustees’ Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee launched a new initiative, titled “Next Gen Penn State,” to guide its efforts and receive feedback and input from the community throughout the university’s search.
“The Next Gen Penn State initiative is a ‘listening phase’ of our process within which stakeholders from varying backgrounds and perspectives will be charged with actively soliciting input from all areas of our community to help inform the selection of Penn State’s next president,” Board of Trustees Chair Matt Schuyler said. “This is a critical step in the overall presidential search process, and it is an indispensable opportunity for community members to be involved. We are asking our community to help inform the
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The 44-year-old’s hiring is
not official yet, but it’s worth noting a “404 error” appears if you head to his webpage on Purdue Athletics’ website.
Shrewsberry previously served under current Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens both at Butler from 2008 to 2011 and in the NBA from 2013 to 2019. The Bulldogs made consecutive appearances in the national championship game in 2010 and 2011.
After returning to the Boilermakers in 2019 for a second stint, his leadership alongside head coach Matt Painter helped Purdue secure a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
BREAKING: Penn State is expected to hire Purdue assistant Micah Shrewsberry as its head coach, sources told @stadium. Shrewsberry was previously an assistant for Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics and at Butler. Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 15, 2021