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FILE- In this June 21, 2012 file photo Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels speaks to a student after being named as the next president of Purdue University by the school's trustees in West Lafayette, Ind. Daniels will take the helm of the school after leaving office in January and succeeds France Cordova who will leave in July after five years at Purdue's helm. As he prepares to leave office this month, Gov. Mitch Daniels says he hopes his big thinking, long a foreign concept in Indiana politics, will become the norm. Daniels will leave Indiana a state modeled after the businessman's conservatism he practiced and studied for decades, with all the successes and mistakes that came of his bold vision.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) (January 14, 2013) |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Mitch Daniels is facing a host of issues as he takes over as Purdue University's new president.
Daniels is scheduled to arrive at the West Lafayette campus Monday afternoon following fellow Republican Mike Pence's swearing-in as Indiana's new governor.
The Journal & Courier reports (http://on.jconline.com/100U63s ) Daniels' eagerness to get to work is a sign of the packed agenda he'll face in the coming months at Purdue.
In his first six months on the job, Daniels will oversees legislative hearings on the school's 2013-15 budget, work to set new tuition levels and become acquainted with the 76,000-student campus.
The two-term governor has already held a few dozen meetings with students, staff and rank and file employees to assess his task ahead on the campus and Purdue's statewide system.
