Two FGCU presidential finalists drop candidacy, leaves lone remaining applicant
Two university president finalists at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) have removed their names from the candidate pool, leaving a single remaining finalist for consideration at the school’s Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday.
Capping a tumultuous search that saw delays and endured Hurricane Ian, a Category 5 storm that shut down FGCU’s campus for nearly two weeks, Robert Gregerson is likely to be named the university’s next president, standing as the lone remaining candidate.
On its presidential search website, FGCU notified members of the public this week that two of the three finalists — Tod A. Laursen and Susana Rivera-Mills — withdrew from consideration.
Laursen, acting president...
