Karen M. Whitney, a nationally recognized higher education leader, has been selected to serve as interim chancellor. Whitney is the president emerita of Clarion University in Pennsylvania and recently served as interim chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Whitney says, “The way UIS has positioned itself to be the capital city’s university with an emphasis on leadership development – that is, I think, an extremely important role in American society today.”
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