IU Names First Female President

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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana University Board of Trustees has selected Pamela Whitten as the university’s 19th president. She currently serves as president of Kennesaw State University in Georgia and will succeed Michael McRobbie, who earlier announced his retirement.
“As IU’s first female president, she follows an accomplished group of distinguished IU presidents,” Michael Mirro, chair of the IU Board of Trustees. “Her work advancing one of the nation’s leading research universities will be championed by a wealth of faculty and staff talent at a time of record-level research funding and philanthropic support.”
Whitten holds a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and PhD. from the University of Kansas.