The three finalists for Utah State University's next president include a former university president, a research leader and an in-house contender.
are Rodney Bennett, a previous president of the University of Southern Mississippi; Elizabeth “Betsy” Cantwell, senior vice president for research and innovation at the University of Arizona; and Kenneth “Ken” White, USU’s dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, among other roles.
“The Utah Board of Higher Education is so grateful to the USU Presidential Search Committee for its meticulous and independent examination of candidates and their qualifications to lead this top-tier research university,” said Lisa Michele Church, chair of the Utah Board of Higher Education, in a news release.
Bennett “established the vision for The University of Southern Mississippi to become the model for public higher education across the country,” which included diversity and inclusion initiatives and nearly $300 million in capital improvements, the release said.
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