Meet the finalists: Dr. Michael Licari to meet with students, employees, public today
(Posted Dec. 9, 2020)

The three finalists to be Austin Peay State University’s next president – Dr. Michael Licari, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Indiana State University; Dr. Jaime Taylor, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Marshall University; and Dannelle Whiteside, interim president of Austin Peay who previously served as the University’s vice president for legal affairs – will meet with students, employees and community members this week.
Licari’s open forums are today:
- Open forum with staff and retired staff, 9-9:45 a.m., Morgan University Center Ballroom, .
- Open forum with students,
12:30-1 p.m., Morgan University Center Room 303-305, . - Open forum with faculty and retired faculty, 1:15-2 p.m., Morgan University Center Ballroom
. - Open forum with the public,
2:15-3 p.m., Morgan University Center Ballroom, .
As provost at Indiana State University, he oversees all academic functions of that university, as well as enrollment management and university marketing. This includes 34 academic departments housed in five colleges – Arts & Sciences, Health & Human Services, the Scott College of Business, Bayh College of Education and the College of Technology.
Licari earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a focus on public administration in 1997, a Master of Arts in Political Science, also from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 1993.
For Licari’s CV, . For Licari’s cover letter, .
Taylor will meet with students, employees and the public on Thursday, and Whiteside will meet with students, employees and the public on Friday.
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