Mearns outlines priorities, challenges
Claire Higgins, Editor-in-chief
September 20, 2012
As we finish up our fifth week of school as students here at Northern Kentucky University, the new president is just about seven weeks into his “energizing” position. Geoff Mearns has spent that time learning, trying to meet the students and in a lot of meetings. The most challenging part of...
Former college athlete ready to run university
Matt Reed, Contributing writer
April 25, 2012
Few college students can say that they have a record-setting athlete at the helm of their university. Next fall, Northern Kentucky University students will be able to boast that they do. Geoffrey S. Mearns will succeed James Votruba as the president of NKU, effective Aug. 1, 2012. Mearns has a long...
NKU Welcomes Geoffrey Mearns
Claire Higgins, News editor
April 18, 2012
After a year-long search, sifting through hundreds of applications and hosting three campus visits, the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents announced the university’s next president on the morning of April 17. Geoffrey Mearns, hailing from Cleveland State University in Ohio, will step...
