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Welsh served as interim president of the flagship university for a little over four months after the prior president resigned in the midst of a hiring scandal that drew national attention.
As the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents considers naming the former dean and four-star general as the sole finalist for president, many believe Welsh is the right person to move the university forward after a pair of controversies bruised the school’s morale.
A&M System Chancellor John Sharp will recommend Welsh, a retired Air Force general, as the sole finalist for the job at a Board of Regents meeting later this week. Welsh has held the position in the interim since July.
In his first comments as interim president, Mark A. Welsh IIII cast recent concerns over political interference in Texas A&M’s employment decisions as “communication breakdowns.”
TAMU interim president, Mark A. Welsh III, said he's in a process of listening to wants and needs of the university, meeting with campus organizations and familiarizing himself with campus programs.