Campus invited to forums with UW System president finalists

Note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 2 to include the names of the finalists and revised schedule and at 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 3 to add information about a second site.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison community will be able to see and evaluate three finalists for the presidency of the UW System in video sessions scheduled on Monday, Jan. 6 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery and the Education Building.

The finalists will take part in hour-long, systemwide video conferences.

The open forums will be held in room 4500 of the institutes at 330 N. Orchard St. and in room L138 at the Education Building at 1000 Bascom Mall. Here is the schedule: 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Robert L. King, president of the Kentucky Copuncil on Postsecondary Education.

2:30-3:30 p.m.: Raymond W. Cross, chancellor of the
University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension.

3:45-4:45 p.m.: Peter H. Garland, executive vice chancellor/chief operating officer of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

For more information on the finalists and their backgrounds, click here.