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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2021
Page
29
The University of Iowa appoints a new president who enters a period of significant strain but carries a key advantage. The incoming leader will navigate funding, enrollment, and campus priorities while leveraging strong internal momentum and stakeholder support.
Barbara Wilson, formerly No. 2 at the University of Illinois System, was named the University of Iowa’s 22nd president and will assume office in July after Bruce Harreld retires this month. Her selection follows a controversial prior era and she enters amid concerns over funding and enrollment, with strong faculty and student backing.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds urges the Legislature to debate a multibillion dollar budget while pushing a bill to restrict transgender girls from girls sports. The move emerged from a Fox News Laura Ingraham panel discussion among GOP governors. Reynolds warns of continued delays and frames freedom with reduced mask use and increased government speech rules.
Editorial note discusses whether asking for acronym clarification is acceptable in meetings. It argues for safe spaces to ask dumb questions to avoid costly mistakes and promotes curiosity, citing a personal reflection by Karris Golden on page 4D.
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