President Barbara J. Wilson
The state Board of Regents has unanimously chosen Barbara Wilson to become the next president of the University of Iowa. Currently the second-in-command at the University of Illinois system, Wilson boasts some two decades of experience as an academic administrator and has a research and teaching background in communications studies.
A career academic who rose up through the ranks at multiple public universities, Wilson’s appointment represents a return to a conventional leadership profile for the school. Her qualifications stand in stark contrast to that of her predecessor President Bruce Harreld, a businessman whose appointmentoutraged many on campus.
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By Sue Danielson
Apr 30, 2021
(Undated) A University of Illinois administrator has been named the next President of the University of Iowa. Barbara Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System, will start at Iowa July 15. She s getting a five year contract, with an annual salary of $600,000.
She succeeds Bruce Herrald who was University of Iowa President from 2015 to this year. He announced in October he is retiring.
Wilson’s other administrative roles at Illinois included two years as the university’s Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, two years as executive vice provost for faculty and academic affairs, three years as vice provost for academic affairs, and seven years as head of the Department of Communication.
By Sue Danielson
Apr 30, 2021
(Undated) A University of Illinois administrator has been named the next President of the University of Iowa. Barbara Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System, will start at Iowa July 15. She s getting a five year contract, with an annual salary of $600,000.
She succeeds Bruce Herrald who was University of Iowa President from 2015 to this year. He announced in October he is retiring.
Wilson’s other administrative roles at Illinois included two years as the university’s Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, two years as executive vice provost for faculty and academic affairs, three years as vice provost for academic affairs, and seven years as head of the Department of Communication.
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The University of Iowa’s governing board has picked the University of Illinois System’s No. 2 official to be the school’s next president, opting for an experienced academic leader to succeed a president who came to the position with a business background.
The Iowa Board of Regents on Friday appointed Barbara Wilson to succeed Bruce Harreld, who is retiring after leading the campus since 2015. It selected her after interviewing four finalists in closed session. Since 2016, Wilson has served as the executive vice president of the University of Illinois System, which includes 90,000 students and 6,000 faculty members on three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. Previously, she served as the interim chancellor at the flagship Urbana-Champaign campus.