Trustees expected to announce next IU president Thursday

The IU board of trustees will meet in a special session at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Musical Arts Center where they are expected to announce IU's next president.\nThere were questions last week whether the next president would be announced by the July 1 deadline, but trustee Steve Ferguson said Thursday the search was on track.\nThe search for a new president began in October when Myles Brand left his position in Bloomington to head the NCAA. A 17-member search committee was formed to replace Brand and IU-Purdue Indianapolis Chancellor Gerald Bepko was appointed as interim president until a permanent one was chosen.\nThe search committee, which worked alongside the Atlanta search firm of Baker-Parker and Associates, interviewed over 300 candidates for the position.