Chancellor Judy G. Hample has planned a formal tour of each of the 14 State System of Higher Education campuses for this fall. Next week, she will visit Clarion and Edinboro Universities of Pennsylvania.

Hample plans to conduct similar visits to all of the campuses over the next three months. She will meet with students, faculty, staff and alumni, as well as with local and state government officials and business and community leaders during each of the planned campus stops.

“I am really looking forward to this opportunity,” said Hample, who began her tenure as chancellor of the State System Aug. 1. “These visits will enable me to begin to familiarize myself with the campuses and to learn about the distinctive character of each one.”

The new chancellor already has been to several campuses for meetings and other activities. The campus tours are in addition to those visits.

Hample said she hopes to learn from the many groups she will meet with on the campuses their views on the State System of Higher Education and their ideas for how “we can work together more effectively and efficiently to serve the students and the citizens of the Commonwealth.”

With more than 96,000 students, the State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth. Its 14 universities offer more than 250 degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. More than 360,000 System alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.

The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The System also operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Kittanning, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and the University Center for Southwest Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. The regional centers are part of the Educational Resources Group, which is responsible for coordinating statewide programming.