EIU Names Presidential Finalists

Monday, 5 January 2015

Four individuals have been invited to participate in on-campus interviews as Eastern Illinois University moves forward in its search for the institution’s next president.

The EIU Presidential Search Advisory Committee has invited Margaret E. Madden, David M. Glassman, Sam Minner and Guiyou Huang to participate in on-campus interviews between January 20th and 28th.  

The university says all currently serve as senior academic administrators at universities from across the country.

Eastern started its search for a new president when President Bill Perry announced he would be leaving the university when his current contract expired June 30th.

Perry began serving as EIU president in 2007.

Here is the list of EIU presidential search finalists:

Margaret E. Madden, provost and vice president for academic affairs at State University of New York at Potsdam since 2002, holds a doctorate and master’s degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a baccalaureate degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

avid M. Glassman, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., since 2010, holds both his doctorate and master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and his baccalaureate degree in anthropology from the University of Minnesota.

Sam Minner, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia’s Radford  University since 2011, earned his doctorate in cognitive and behavioral disabilities from the University of Arizona, Tucson, and his master’s degree in learning and behavior disorders and a bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education, both from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Guiyou Huang, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, received his doctorate in English from Texas A&M University-College Station after earning his bachelor’s degree and graduate studies completion diploma in English from China’s Qufu Normal University and Beijing University, respectively.

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