IU taps Purdue dean to lead Bloomington campus
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Indiana University is hiring away a dean at Purdue University to come lead IU’s flagship campus.
On Thursday, IU President Pam Whitten announced the school is hiring David Reingold as an executive vice president and chancellor to effectively be the chief executive of the Bloomington campus.
Reingold starts his new role in early June and steps into a position that hasn’t existed since 2006. Reingold is currently dean of Purdue’s College of the Liberal Arts, but he previously spent 19 years as a faculty member at IU and spent seven years as an executive associate dean.
“I’m excited to welcome David back to Bloomington, a campus he not only understands but truly cherishes,” said Whitten in a news release. “I’m confident that David’s visionary leadership of our flagship campus, paired with his commitment to collaboration with faculty, staff and students, will drive us toward an even brighter future.”
Last June, IU announced that it would re-establish the chancellor position in Bloomington. The role was previously part of the university president’s duties.
Reingold will be the day-to-day leader in charge of administration, finances and academics at IU Bloomington, the university said.
“I am thrilled to return to the campus I once called home and humbled by this opportunity,” Reingold said. “I have a profound fondness and respect for the faculty, staff, students and Bloomington community at large.”
Reingold’s hire comes less than a month after the university’s board of trustees gave Whitten a vote of confidence with a $200,000 raise and five-year contract extension.
Whitten’s administration, however, does not have the confidence of many IU faculty members on Bloomington’s campus following a turbulent spring 2024 semester that saw Indiana State Police crack down and arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters.
Faculty at Bloomington and other IU campuses have also criticized Whitten for her administration’s perceived stifling of academic freedom and contentions over shared governance.