Edward Serna from the University of Maine Farmington, Martin Roth from the University of Charleston in West Virginia and Neal Weaver from Georgia Southwestern State University were announced as finalists for the position of Winthrop University’s 12th president by the Presidential Search Committee.
According to a press release, “Each of the finalists will spend multiple days on the Winthrop campus, where they will complete a robust interview schedule, make a presentation to the campus community and attend a public meet and greet. Serna will be on campus Feb. 6-8; Roth on Feb. 8-10; and Weaver on Feb. 10-11.”
The finalists were chosen after an eight-month search process that the board undertook with the assistance of Myers McRae, a Georgia-based higher education consulting firm.
“Chairman McCall, I have waited for this moment,” said Presidential Search Committee Chair Julie Fowler during the Feb. 6 Board of Trustees meeting. “The work of the Presidential Search Committee [has] officially ended. We did what we set out to do. We had a robust, diverse pool of candidates that we have diligently worked to whittle down to a final three that we want to bring to campus and introduce to our beloved Winthrop University and to the Rock Hill community and York County.”
Fowler said the board will make its choice within two weeks, with an announcement tentatively by the end of the month. The new president will begin work on July 1, according to the press release.
