Texas A&M University board of regents has named interim President Mark Welsh III as the sole finalist for the permanent position. Welsh's efforts to understand students' perspectives and priorities were appreciated by the students.
A month into this year’s fall semester, Texas A&M University senior Ben Fisher got an email that took him by surprise. It was an invitation to the College Station home of interim President Mark Welsh III for a barbecue dinner with other student leaders. When Fisher arrived, Welsh and his wife, Betty, ushered the students into their massive, white stone home, where they had set tables around the house for students to sit and eat.
The couple gave tours of the home and invited other administrators from across campus to come and mingle with the students. Over brisket and sausage, the San Antonio native, who had served in the interim role for less than two months at that point, reiterated that he wanted to better understand students’ perspectives and priorities. “It was incredibly personable,” Fisher said. On Friday, the Texas A&M board of regents gave the first OK to make Welsh’s interim title as president a permanent one, voting unanimously to name him the sole finalist for the positio
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