John C. Cavanaugh, current president of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, will become the new chancellor of the system that oversees Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities on July 1st, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. He has run the Florida school since 2002 and was once an administrator at the University of Delaware.

The job includes helping the system’s board to set policies for the 14 universities, which enroll more than 110,000 students and setting goals for the president’s of each school.

State-owned universities are Cheyney, West Chester, Bloomsburg, California, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg and Slippery Rock. The operating budget for the entire state system is $1.4 billion.

Photo courtesy of UWF.edu.

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