The university's 18th President steps down after this weekend's commencement exercises.
Penn State President Eric Barron and his wife Molly thank the crowd after being announced during the Rutgers game on Nov. 20, 2021. Barron is set to retire at the end of this school year. Joe Hermitt | [email protected] has a different meaning for Penn State President Eric Barron this year.
For the outgoing president, it’s the end of a barrage of meetings, dealing with different constituencies, fund-raising, crisis management and everything else that comes with life in the presidential suite at Old Main. The good news is, just like the outgoing Class of ‘22, Barron seems eager for the next set of adventures.
“This university has gone beyond the notion that a scholarship or a tuition freeze is enough to support students,” Barron told PennLive. “We’ve created a whole new set of scholarships that focused on getting students off to a fast start, on helping them to graduate on time,” and trying to prevent anyone from having to work more than 20 hours a week while in school.“It’s this notion of looking holistically at student success and the variety of different ways that we can impact...
“We’ve had some ups and downs. And I will tell you, if I were a little bit younger I would do it all over again, even if I knew that it wouldn’t be smooth. Because this is a special place. And I really, really have appreciated and enjoyed being your president for eight years,” Barron said.“I think that’s always a challenge, especially in this day and age where it just seems like there’s a new issue around the corner every time you think you’re going to get a break...
“So for a decade Molly and I have owned a place in North Carolina in the mountains. So we’re just going to go there full-time because I feel very strongly that new presidents don’t need the old president looking over their shoulder. Neeli needs the opportunity and the right to lead the institution and establish what she wants to do without the old guy sitting there saying: ‘No, I think you should do this. Oh, don’t change that.
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