March 27, 2018

Edinboro University president resigns, provost to serve as acting campus leader

Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu

Dr. Walker informed the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education of his decision today. He has served as Edinboro’s president since July 2016.

“We thank Dr. Walker for his service to Edinboro University over the past two years,” said State System Interim Chancellor Dr. Karen M. Whitney. “I respect his decision and wish him well.”

Dr. Michael J. Hannan, the university’s provost and vice president for academic and student affairs, will serve as acting president at Edinboro following Dr. Walker’s departure and pending further action by the Board, which is responsible for hiring the presidents of the 14 State System universities.

“We are pleased that Dr. Hannan is both willing and well prepared to lead Edinboro,” Dr. Whitney said. “It is my intention to recommend that he be named interim president to ensure stable, consistent leadership for the univesity.”

Dr. Hannan has been at Edinboro for almost 30 years, first joining the faculty in 1988. He later served for eight years as chair of the Department of Business and Economics before being appointed associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Science, Management & Technology. He was the founding dean of Edinboro’s School of Business and was interim provost for two years before being named to his current position.