Herbert to take office on Friday

IU officials are anticipating the arrival of the newly appointed IU president, Dr. Adam Herbert, to the Bloomington campus Friday. Herbert will be residing in the Bryan House, the on-campus home reserved for IU presidents. \n"We are all eager to start working with Dr. Herbert," said IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm. "This is a very exciting moment for IU and a great opportunity for us to grow as a community."\nHerbert will hold a press conference Friday morning at 9 a.m. at the Bryan House. He then will leave Bryan House on his way to his office in Bryan Hall, Suite 200. Frederick F. Eichhorn, president of the board of trustees, will be waiting in the office to greet the president. \n"I know (Herbert's) been studying IU since his appointment and trying to learn everything there is to know about the school," Eichhorn said. \nHerbert has asked several departments within IU to prepare reports and materials regarding their duties and goals. One of Herbert's main objectives, according to Eichhorn, will be appropriating more funds from the state and federal sectors.\nAs for his first order of business, Herbert will meet with IU staff and contact administrators at the other IU schools, said IU spokeswoman Jane Jankowski. \nHerbert, who is wrapping up his activities as executive director at the Florida Center for Public Policy and Leadership, has been working within the State University of Florida since 1979. The University of Southern California grad started his administrative career at Virginia Tech, where he served as chairman of the Urban Affairs program and associate professor of Urban Affairs. In 1974, he became one of 15 White House Fellows working with the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Undersecretary of Housing and Urban Development. In 1979, Herbert joined the University of Florida faculty as a professor of public administration at Florida International and in 1989 was appointed president of the University of North Florida. In 1998, he left North Florida to become chancellor of the State University System of Florida, where he served for three years. Herbert was a founding member of the Florida Center, where he served as executive director since 2001. \nHerbert, who is well respected within the Florida public education system, distinguished himself as being an extremely proficient fundraiser, especially in the state sector, where he has maintained good relations with Gov. Jeb Bush and the state legislature.