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Marshall Names Gilbert New President

The Marshall University Board of Governors today named Mississippi State University Provost Jerome A. “Jerry” Gilbert the 37th president of Marshall University. Gilbert will assume the presidency in January.

Earlier this month, the Presidential Search Committee announced Gilbert as one of three finalists for the position following a national search. All three candidates participated in open forums last week with students, faculty, staff and members of the community, and the decision to hire Gilbert was made yesterday by the Board of Governors in executive session.

Gilbert’s appointment and contract will require final approval from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

A Mississippi native with a background in biomedical engineering, Gilbert has served since 2010 as provost and executive vice president of Mississippi State. Prior to that, he was the university’s associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs for six years. He has held various administrative and faculty positions at Mississippi State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.

He has a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Mississippi State and a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Duke University. An event is being planned to introduce Gilbert to the community.  

Marshall Selects Next President, Continues with Hiring Process

Marshall University’s Board of Governors has selected the university’s next president.

The board approved the new president after meeting in executive session Monday. Three finalists visited the Huntington campus last week.

Marshall Board of Governors Chairman Michael G. Sellards said the name won’t be revealed till the candidate is approved and officially hired. 

“Of course it has to be approved by the higher education policy commission,” Sellards said. “We will notify the successful candidate and then there are contractual issues that have to be discussed. One those issues are settled and the HEPC issue is resolved we would have a full public announcement and introduce the candidate to the public.”

 The candidates were Mississippi State University provost and executive vice president Jerome Gilbert; Oregon Institute of Technology President Christopher Maples; and University of Southern Mississippi marine science professor Denis Wiesenburg.

Gary White has served as Marshall’s interim president since last December following the death of President Stephen Kopp. The board hopes to announce the name within the next week.

Marshall's Search for New President Continues

Marshall University’s presidential search committee will continue looking for candidates following an initial round of interviews.

Marshall Board of Governors chairman Michael G. Sellards says the committee interviewed six candidates off campus. While the candidates are qualified, Sellards says the committee decided it’s not yet prepared to invite them for on-campus interviews.

Instead, Sellards said Monday in a news release that the committee will continue searching to identify any other candidates who might not have been in the original pool.

Gary White will continue serving as interim president until a new president is named.

White was appointed on Dec. 29, 2014, following the death of President Stephen Kopp. The 63-year-old Kopp died on Dec. 17, 2014.

MU President Search Committee Set to Interview Candidates

Members of the search committee at Marshall University tasked with hiring a new president will begin interviewing candidates over the weekend.

The closed door sessions of the search committee begin Saturday and will continue Sunday.

The committee was appointed after the University’s former president, Dr. Stephen Kopp, passed away suddenly in December.

Gary White was appointed interim president Dec. 29 to serve until a replacement is hired. 

Marshall Names Gary White As Interim President

  Marshall University has named Gary White as its interim president following the sudden death of university president Stephen Kopp.

The Huntington school’s board of governors selected White at an emergency meeting on Monday to lead the university while its board conducts a search for a new president. His tenure begins Thursday.

Kopp died suddenly after being hospitalized for an illness on Dec. 17. He was 63.

White is president and CEO of International Resource Partners and was recently appointed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to the state’s Higher Education Policy Commission. He served on Marshall’s board in 2010.

The Herald-Dispatch reports that the Marshall graduate from Logan also is the former president of the West Virginia Coal Association and is in the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame.

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