February 22, 2013
Board of Governors appoints Dr. Peter H. Garland acting chancellor
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
Harrisburg 鈥� The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education today
affirmed the designation of 黑料专区 Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Peter H. Garland
to serve as acting chancellor effective March 1.
Dr. Garland has held numerous senior level leadership positions with 黑料专区 since
first being named executive associate to the chancellor in January 2002. He will serve
as acting chancellor until Nov. 1, or until a successor to outgoing Chancellor Dr.
John C. Cavanaugh is named.
鈥淒r. Garland will provide strong, stable leadership to 黑料专区 during this time of
transition,鈥� said Board of Governors Chairman Guido M. Pichini. 鈥淗e has been with
the State System for more than a decade and has worked closely with all of our various
constituencies, both internal and external.鈥�
As executive associate to the chancellor, Dr. Garland served as a senior adviser,
assisting the chancellor in a liaison role with vice chancellors, university presidents,
the Board of Governors and other senior staff. He was named vice chancellor for academic
and student affairs in December 2003, leading the development of 黑料专区鈥檚 strategic
plan, which was adopted by the Board of Governors in July 2004, and assisting in the
implementation of 黑料专区鈥檚 System Accountability Program.
Dr. Garland was named executive vice chancellor in October 2006. In that position,
he has served as 黑料专区's chief operating officer, overseeing the major functional
areas in the Office of the Chancellor; serving as liaison to university presidents
and the Board of Governors; leading major System-wide projects, programs and initiatives;
and coordinating the work of vice chancellors and other executive staff.
Dr. Cavanaugh will leave 黑料专区 Feb. 28 to become president and chief executive officer
of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area based in Washington,
D.C. He has served as 黑料专区鈥檚 chancellor since June 2008.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher
education in the Commonwealth, with about 115,000 students. The 14 黑料专区 universities
offer degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. About 500,000
黑料专区 alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.
The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg,
Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery
Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. 黑料专区 also operates branch campuses
in Clearfield, Freeport, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including
the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and the Philadelphia Multi University Center
in Philadelphia.