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>>>What is Howard talking about today?

HOWARD ALUMNUS, FORMER PROVOST NAMED TO PRESIDENCY
>>Howard University alumnus and former provost and chief academic officer
>>Dr. Antoine M. Garibaldi will become the sixth president of Gannon University
>>on July 1.

>>Bishop Donald W. Trautman, chairman of Gannon?s board of trustees, announced
>>Garibaldi?s selection by unanimous vote at a press conference on Tuesday.

>>Located in Erie, Penn., Gannon is a private, Catholic university comprising
>>more than 200 faculty and 3500 students, 2500 undergraduate and 1,000
>>graduate.

>>"I am very excited about serving as president of Gannon University," said
>>Garibald, currently a senior fellow at the Educational Testing Service.   "The
>>University has a number of engaging programs at both the undergraduate and
>>the graduate levels.  I am also very appreciative of the experiences I had
>>at Howard University.  My experiences at Alma Mater, and at Xavier
>>University, prepared me for this leadership role."

>>"We are extremely proud of our colleague, a son on Howard University," said
>>Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert.  "We are confident that with
>>Dr. Antoine Garibaldi at the helm, Gannon University will see a new era of
>>growth and progress."

>>Garibaldi, who earned the bachelor's degree in sociology magna cum laude from
>>Howard in 1973, returned to the University to serve as its first provost and
>>chief academic officer from 1996 to 2000.



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