Pa. board OKs new leaders at 3 state universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New leaders are taking over at three of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities this summer.

The State System of Higher Education board today approved the hiring of Karen Whitney as the next president of Clarion University.

Whitney is a former vice chancellor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis.

Two interim presidents also have been selected: David Werner at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Barbara Dixon at Lock Haven University.

The board also extended the contracts of presidents at the other 11 state-owned universities through June 2013.

Those schools are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Kutztown, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester.