Read Michael A. McRobbie's remarks following the Indiana University Board of Trustees' vote today (March 1), unanimously approving his appointment as the 18th president of the 187-year-old institution.

The Trustees of Indiana University today (March 1) unanimously approved the appointment of Michael A. McRobbie as the 18th president of the 187-year-old institution with eight campuses and more than 97,000 students. McRobbie, currently the interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at IU Bloomington, has been a senior administrator at IU for 10 years. He will replace Adam W. Herbert, who announced last year that he would not serve beyond the end of his contract.

At 4 p.m. this afternoon, the Indiana University Board of Trustees will select the 18th president of IU. The vote will be taken during a special committee meeting at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. A news conference will follow at 5 p.m.

Two executive sessions scheduled for the IU Board of Trustees have been canceled. The canceled sessions are those that were scheduled for this evening (Feb. 28) from 5-8 p.m., and tomorrow morning (March 1) from 8-10 a.m.

The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee will meet in executive session on Wednesday (Jan. 31) from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Indiana Room of the University Place Conference Center on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee will meet in executive session Jan. 10-12 at the Renaissance Chicago O'Hare Suites Hotel to interview candidates.

The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee will meet in executive session on Dec. 12, and the Presidential Search Faculty Advisory Committee will meet in executive session on Dec. 4.

The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee will meet in executive session on Thursday (Nov. 9) from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Indiana Room of the University Place Conference Center on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The Presidential Search Faculty Advisory Committee will meet in executive session on Wednesday (Nov. 8) from noon to 2 p.m. in Room 243 (President's Suite) of the University Place Conference Center on the IUPUI campus.

Sue Talbot, chair of the Indiana University Presidential Search Committee, today (Sept. 13) released the official Position Announcement.

The Indiana University Presidential Search Committee will meet on Wednesday (Sept. 13) in the University Place Conference Center on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

IU Trustee Sue H. Talbot, chair of the presidential search committee, will conduct two open forums at IU Bloomington on Sept. 15 (Friday) to solicit advice and recommendations from students, faculty and staff on the search for the 18th president of Indiana University.

IU Trustee Sue Talbot, chair of the presidential search committee, issued a progress report during today's Board of Trustees meeting at IUPUI.

Members of the Indiana University Board of Trustees will meet Friday, July 21, in the Presidents' Suite on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to interview consulting firms to assist with the search for IU's 18th president.

The Board of Trustees has made final appointments to the Presidential Search Committee and the Faculty Advisory Committee. The first appointments to these groups were made June 27 in anticipation of beginning the search to replace IU President Adam W. Herbert.

The Indiana University Board of Trustees today (June 27) appointed a 12-member committee to begin the search for a new university president. Trustee Sue H. Talbot will chair the panel, which includes representation from all major university constituencies, including faculty, alumni, donors, community leaders and students.