Interim ISU President

[Land Shark]

Posted in another thread but felt this could deserve it's own.

Former ISU Provost and UNI President Dr. Ben Allen will be interim presidenthttp://www.iowaregents.edu/media/cms/March_27_Agenda_Item_2_9763FF3A15D93.pdf


Thoughts?

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Have fun. Guy is program slasher and really poor with a budget, also terrible at any PR type situations.

Good thing it's interim and he can't do much damage....

 

[Sigmapolis]

I read that as "US" initially.

 

[mdk2isu]

Have fun. Guy is program slasher and really poor with a budget, also terrible at any PR type situations.

Good thing it's interim and he can't do much damage....

He the guy that cut the baseball program at UNI?

 

[cyclone87]

I would have thought it might have been Wickert, although maybe it would be difficult to perform the duties of his current position while also handling the presidency

 

[1UNI2ISU]

He the guy that cut the baseball program at UNI?

He is. He also cut a ton of academic programs and the Lab school, which was fine, but then he did a whole series of interviews about how devastating it was to the university and that he hoped UNI could recover. Just really, really bad as a inspiring voice for a campus community. Was also kind of a pawn for the BOR which makes me a bit nervous.

But like I said, he's just interim, so there shouldn't be any long lasting effects.

 

[Trice]

Have fun. Guy is program slasher and really poor with a budget, also terrible at any PR type situations.

Good thing it's interim and he can't do much damage....

I understand that's his reputation at UNI, but UNI was/is a university in transition and some tough decisions needed to be made. Allen is pretty beloved at ISU and with good reason. He was a great dean and provost. I'm surprised to see him being mentioned in this capacity, I also would have thought the BoR would have looked to Wickert.