DePauw's 20th President, Mark McCoy, Visits TV's Inside Indiana Business

March 11, 2016

DePauw University's next president, D. Mark McCoy, tells the statewide television program Inside Indiana Business that his appointment -- announced on Monday -- "was great for my family and I because we are deeply in the community, we love Greencastle, we love being in Indiana, and the opportunity to stay and take on a new challenge was perfect for us."

Dr. McCoy is a featured guest this week on the show, which is seen in every Indiana media market and airs through the weekend.

Host Gerry Dick asked McCoy about DePauw's role in attracting bright scholars to Indiana to study, and perhaps launch their careers. "We bring students from around the world and around the country to Indiana, to Greencastle, to DePauw, and that starts that process," McCoy noted. "But then when you look at the folks that we've graduated -- Angie Hicks and Justin Christian and those folks who are here in Indiana and making a huge impact" the state clearly benefits, he stated.

The twentieth president, who takes office on July 1, also discussed the importance of making the unique DePauw experience -- which brings students to a residential campus to learn from full-time faculty in small classrooms -- to everyone.

"I'm a first generation college student so I know the huge impact that an undergraduate education can have," McCoy told the program. "And so, for me this is near and dear to my heart. I want to make certain that we reach out and that we make that possible for every student, regardless of their background." He pledges to "work diligently in diversity and inclusion, in making access more possible for more folks."

Visit the show's online site for more. The complete segment and the "bumpers" promoting it can be viewed below.

A unanimous vote Monday by DePauw's Board of Trustees confirmed the selection of an 18-member presidential search committee and concluded a six-month national search for DePauw's twentieth president. McCoy, who has been dean of the DePauw East College 1 University School of Music, was announced as the new president Monday night, news that was cited by a number of media outlets. Two receptions were held on campus in his honor Tuesday (read more here).