Lincoln University curators to interview presidential candidates soon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) -
The Lincoln University Board of Curators will speak with three finalists for the college's new president soon, according to the school.
A search committee has sent three potential candidates for Lincoln's next president to the board of curators. The school's communications department told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that the board would interview the three and do background checks on them "in the very near future."
The school provided the update after a group of Lincoln University alumni called on Lincoln University to share more details. The school's website for its presidential search has not provided an update since Oct. 5, and a graphic showing its progress shows it in the "evaluation" process for candidates.
The school did not share the names of the three candidates vying for the spot, a practice it employed during its search in 2012. The school said the three candidates have ties to either Lincoln itself or the state of Missouri and have worked in higher education.
The school hired search firm Greenwood/Asher and Associates last fall to help find the replacement for Jerald Woolfolk, who left Lincoln University at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. The school said the search firm helped the committee winnow down an initial pool of 235 candidates for the presidential spot at the historically Black school.
