Presidential candidate Tressel returns to YSU on Monday for interviews, public forum

YOUNGSTOWN

One of the city’s favorite sons will return to the campus where he spent 14 years as a football coach to make his play to become president of Youngstown State University.

Jim Tressel, former head football coach at both YSU and Ohio State University-cum-executive vice president for student success at the University of Akron, is one of three finalists for the YSU presidency. He’ll spend Monday on campus, meeting with deans, faculty and the executive team before a 2 p.m. forum for the campus community. The visit will conclude with a dinner with university trustees.

“We’ll go more in depth with them on their vision for the university and see whether their past experience will be helpful to YSU or not,” said Dr. Sudershan Garg, chairman of YSU trustees.

Today's public forum with Tressel will be 2 to 3 p.m. in the first-floor meeting room of Tod Hall at YSU:

The other two finalists, Gary L. Miller, chancellor of University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Mary Cullinan, president and English professor at Southern Oregon University, will visit campus Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.

Read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and Vindy.com.