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ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp presidential search

Opportunities to get involved in USF’s presidential search

The USF Presidential Search Committee will hold a virtual listening session and launch a digital survey to develop the draft position profile.

July 1, 2025ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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An update on the USF presidential search

Mike Griffin, chair of the USF Presidential Search Committee and vice chair of the USF Board of Trustees, provides an update on the presidential search selection process and how the USF community can get involved.

June 20, 2025ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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USF provides presidential search updates

USF Board of Trustees Chair Will Weatherford announced that Mike Griffin, Board of Trustees vice chair and USF alum, has agreed to serve as chair of the 14-member Presidential Search Committee. To assist the committee, USF has retained a highly regarded firm that worked with the university in its last presidential search.

February 20, 2025ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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Rhea Law selected as ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp president-elect

The ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Rhea Law as the university’s president-elect. Law, who has been USF’s interim president since August, will become the university’s eighth president and the first USF alum to fill the role, pending confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) next week.

March 22, 2022ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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Presidential candidates meet with USF community during campus visits

The USF community had the opportunity to interact with the two candidates seeking to become the university’s eighth president – the final step before both of them interview with the Board of Trustees.

March 21, 2022ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

USF Presidential Search Committee

Two candidates for USF president advance to next steps in the search process

The USF Presidential Search Committee interviewed Interim President Rhea Law and Jeffrey Talley and voted to advance both candidates to the next round, which includes visits on each of USF’s three campuses on March 21.

March 4, 2022ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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Two candidates for USF president advance to search committee interviews on March 4

The USF Presidential Search Committee has decided to move forward with Rhea Law, USF’s interim president, and Jeffrey Talley, a senior executive with military, academic, corporate and government experience.

March 1, 2022ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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USF Presidential Search Committee holds its first meeting

The 15-member ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp Presidential Search Committee has met for the first time, which included an overview of the search process and an initial discussion with the search firm, SP&A Executive Search.

September 15, 2021ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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USF presidential search committee selected

The ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp Board of Trustees has provided key updates on the search for USF’s next president, which includes the formation of a broadly representative, 15-member presidential search committee.

August 24, 2021ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

President-elect Steve Currall at the Florida Board of Governors meeting

Florida Board of Governors Confirms Steve Currall as ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp President

The Florida Board of Governors (BOG) today voted unanimously to confirm Dr. Steve Currall as the ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp’s seventh president.

March 28, 2019ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp News

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