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FSU taps Harvard vice provost to be school's next president May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida State University Board of Trustees unanimously picked Harvard University's vice provost for research on Monday to become the school's next president. Richard McCullough was among three finalists to replace retiring FSU President John Thrasher. McCullough has held his position at Harvard since 2012, according to his biography on the university's website. McCullough is also a professor of materials science and engineering at Harvard. He has a PhD in engineering fr...

McCullough tapped to become FSU president Board of Trustees selects Harvard University Vice Provost for Research Richard McCullough to succeed retiring FSU President John Thrasher Published:  Tags:  Richard McCullough (Florida State University) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State University Board of Trustees on Monday selected Harvard University Vice Provost for Research Richard McCullough to succeed retiring FSU President John Thrasher. McCullough topped two other finalists who hold high-ranking posts at the University of North Carolina and Tulane University. As Florida State strives t...

View Comments Students had their chance to weigh in on the selection of Florida State University's next president last week. All final three candidates in the running to succeed President John Thrasher and become FSU's16th president have histories as prominent leaders and student mentors in their universities. Each candidate participated in a separate forum, giving FSU students the chance to pose their questions directly. Here's what they had to say. Richard McCullough, Harvard Richard McCullough's background includes being vice provost for research at Harvard and former dean of Carne...

Florida State University's Westcott Building Florida State University Panama City Dean Randy Hanna, who didn't get a second interview for the FSU presidential post, says the committee selected three great finalists to lead the university. A Florida State University presidential candidate who didn’t get a second interview is giving their take on the three finalists. FSU Panama City Dean Randy Hanna says he was honored that the university's presidential search committee considered his application and gave him a first interview. Though he wasn't among the three candidates interviewed a seco...

View Comments State University System Chancellor Marshall Criser III said Wednesday that the presidential search process at Florida State University should continue, despite a Board of Governors member's suggestion to halt the process. Criser’s letter was in response to an email Tuesday from BOG member Alan Levine. Levine raised concerns about a letter sent last week from Belle Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges. In her letter, Wheelan cautioned Board of Governors chairman Syd Kitson that forwarding the name of Florida Education...