Presidential Search News Archive

The Marshall University Board of Governors today named Marshall alumnus, Wing 2 Wing Foundation co-founder and former Intuit CEO Brad D. Smith the institution’s 38th president. Smith will assume the presidency Jan. 1, 2022.

As announced last week, five finalists have been named in the search for Marshall University’s next president and the candidates will be visiting the Huntington and South Charleston campuses Oct. 11-19. The detailed schedule of open candidate meetings has been finalized and includes opportunities for students, faculty, staff and the public to meet and talk

Following a national search, Marshall University’s Board of Governors has announced a slate of five finalists who will be invited for campus visits as one of the final steps in the process of selecting the university’s 38th president.

Three new board of governors members were sworn in today at a regular meeting of Marshall University’s governing body.

Marshall University’s presidential search committee is planning a second series of on-campus listening sessions for students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and community members. The purpose of the sessions, which are set for Aug. 3-4 on the Huntington and South Charleston campuses, is to solicit input about challenges the university’s next president will face in the

Marshall University has taken a few more steps toward the selection of its 38th president. According to Board of Governors Chairman Patrick J. Farrell, the university’s presidential search committee has selected the executive search firm Academic Search to assist with the process that began in April, when President Jerome A. Gilbert announced he would not

Citing the hope to have a new university president named by the end of October, the Marshall University Board of Governors has approved a resolution spelling out the search process and timeline.

Marshall University President Jerome A. Gilbert today announced that he will not seek an extension of his contract and will step down as president in July 2022.