Tune in to BOG Confirmation of Donal O'Shea as Next President of New College

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(SARASOTA, FL) — Members of the New College community are invited to tune in to the Florida Board of Governors’ meeting on Thursday, March 22, from 11:00 am – 12:45 pm when the BOG is expected to formally approve Dr. Donal O’Shea of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, as New College’s next president.
The meeting will be broadcast live statewide via the Florida Channel.  Live video and audio feeds will also be available online via the Board of Governors’ website at http://www.flbog.edu/.  Re-broadcasts will be carried throughout March and April via the Florida Channel and public broadcasting affiliates around the state (check local listings for times and dates).
Immediately following the Board meeting, New College and the Florida Board of Governors will hold a press conference announcing the appointment.  Attending the press conference will be Dr. O’Shea, New College of Florida Board of Trustees Chair Robert M. Johnson, and State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan.
An internationally acclaimed mathematician, Dr. Donal O’Shea has been Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mount Holyoke College, a top 25 ranked private liberal arts women’s college, since 1998.  During his 14-year tenure as dean, he has diversified the faculty, increased external funding, introduced post-tenure review, improved leave policies, made teaching load equitable, established professional programs and shepherded creation of a fiber optic network linking the Five Colleges Consortium in western Massachusetts. He has also introduced a first-year program to support new students in their transition to college, internationalized the curriculum, formed a group of presidents and deans of women’s universities around the world, started collaborative programs among northeast liberal arts colleges for department chair development, overseen four building projects (including a $32 million science construction and renovation project) and consolidated science and arts programming and planning.
O’Shea’s appointment was approved by the New College of Florida Board of Trustees on March 10 but must be ratified by the Board of Governors.  Follow this link for an official news release on O’Shea’s appointment from New College: http://newcollegeofflorida.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/new-college-of-florida-names-dr-donal-oshea-as-next-president/.