Robert L. Barchi was approved Wednesday by the Rutgers University Board of Governors and the Rutgers University Board of Trustees.
By Jennifer Bradshaw
The governance bodies of Rutgers University named Robert L. Barchi the 20th president of the university on Wednesday morning after nine months of searching for a new chief academic officer.
On Wednesday afternoon, following Barchi’s morning speech that stressed the importance of working with the Rutgers faculty, the Rutgers faculty union issued a statement welcoming Barchi.
“We are pleased to welcome Professor Barchi to Rutgers and congratulate him on his appointment as President,” said Adrienne Eaton, AAUP-AFT President and Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations. “Dr. Barchi’s first remarks at today’s Board of Governors meeting were reassuring. He committed himself to shared governance and praised our outstanding faculty and community of scholars. It is instructive that he is particularly proud of his faculty appointment at Rutgers.”
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