Dr. Jeffrey Herbst Named 16th President of Colgate University
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 359 views
HAMILTON, N.Y., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Colgate University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Herbst, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Miami University (Ohio), as Colgate’s 16th president. The board has announced Herbst’s appointment to the Colgate community and will welcome him to campus at an event scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, November 17. The event also will be broadcast live on the web at www.colgate.edu.
Herbst, 48, will take office in the summer of 2010 when he will succeed Interim President Dr. Lyle Roelofs, who assumed that role following the departure of Colgate’s 15th president Dr. Rebecca Chopp, who is now president of Swarthmore College.
“Jeffrey Herbst articulated a vision for the liberal arts at a time when all of higher education is going through a period of reflection and readjustment,” said Christopher Clifford ‘67, chair of Colgate’s Board of Trustees. “Based on his knowledge of Colgate’s mission and strategic direction, Jeff conveyed to the search committee his confidence in the university’s ability to thrive in an ever more global, diverse, and interconnected world. We are confident that Jeff will build on Colgate’s strengths and engage our community in exciting new efforts to strengthen our position as a leader in higher education.”
