UF Selects Top Three Candidates for President

Submitted by Anonymous on October 13, 2014 - 3:45pm

The University of Florida announced the top three candidates for its 12th president on Monday, inching the Gators one step closer to selecting a new president for the university.

The UF Presidential Search Committee selected Dr. W. Kent Fuchs (provost, Cornell University), Dr. David W. McLaughlin (provost, New York University) and Dr. Sibrandes Poppema (president, University of Groningen, The Netherlands) as the final three candidates out of a pool of 15. They will each be interviewed on Tuesday.

The search committee will interview the candidates beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the UF Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Gainesville. Once the interviews are completed, the committee will select the most highly qualified and refer them to the board of trustees for further interviews scheduled for Wednesday.

The university hopes to select a president by Wednesday, Oct. 15.

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