February 28, 2002
Kutztown University presidential search extended
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
The Kutztown Presidential Search Committee chaired by Guido Pichini will resume the search in conjunction with the Chancellor’s Office. The search committee also will continue to work with R.H. Perry & Associates, a Washington, D.C., based search firm specializing in higher education, on the extended search.
“The Council of Trustees appreciates the help that it has received from the Chancellor’s Office, and we look forward to continuing to work together to fill the office of President of Kutztown University,” said Council Chair Ronald H. Frey.
The search committee will meet March 11 to resume its work. As it did earlier, the committee will conduct the initial screening of applicants and will narrow the field of potential candidates, who will then participate in a series of off- and on-campus interviews. While visiting the campus, the selected candidates will meet with administrators, faculty, staff and students as part of the selection process.
The search committee then will recommend to the university’s Council of Trustees the names of three finalists for the position. Those names will be transmitted to Chancellor Judy G. Hample and the State System’s Board of Governors, which will make the final presidential selection.
Dr. David E. McFarland, who has served as president of Kutztown University since 1988, has announced his intention to retire June 30, 2002.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is one of 14 state-owned universities that make up the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. With more than 98,600 students, the State System is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth. Its 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.