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President-elect's press conference, interview with WPSU available online

Print and electronic media crowded in to a press conference introducing Penn State's 18th president Eric J. Barron on Feb. 17 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel. Barron returns to Penn State where he became a member of the faculty in 1986 and served as dean of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences from 2002 to 2006. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Archived video of Penn State President-Elect Eric J. Barron's Feb. 17 press conference and interview with WPSU's Patty Satalia is now available online. View the press conference at http://bit.ly/1fbHih2 and full interview at http://bit.ly/1gcKaZ2.

By a unanimous vote of the Penn State Board of Trustees on Monday Barron was selected to become the University's 18th president, with a start date no later than May 12. He will succeed current president Rodney Erickson, who in 2012 announced plans to retire by June of this year.

Last Updated February 17, 2014

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