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Central State trustees extend Garland’s contract through 2013

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By Dave Larsen, Staff Writer Updated 7:27 PM Thursday, November 5, 2009

WILBERFORCE, Greene County — Central State University’s board of trustees has extended the contract of university President John W. Garland through Aug. 31, 2013.

He announced the extension and approval Thursday, Nov. 5, at a ribbon-cutting to open the Natural Sciences Department in CSU’s newly completed Center for Education and Natural Sciences.

The contract extension was a “supreme vote of confidence” in Garland, said Elizabeth Watkins, chairwoman of CSU’s board of trustees.

Garland’s contract was set to expire Aug. 31, 2010, but the board renewed it early, Watkins said.

“We feel that he’s really important to this continued growth of the school,” she said.

Garland was named CSU’s president in 1998. Under his leadership, enrollment has grown to a record 2,436 students this fall.

“There is more work to be done,” Garland said. “I am excited about the opportunity to be able to move the university forward.”

Under the new contract, Garland will receive a 5 percent pay increase of $10,997. That will raise his annual salary to $230,945, according to CSU officials.

The 5 percent increase represents 2.5 percent that Garland did not receive in 2008, plus 2.5 percent for 2009, officials said.

The Center for Education and Natural Sciences is the first new academic building on the campus in more than 20 years.

Phase I of the project, which houses the 60,000-square-foot College of Education, was completed in fall 2006 at a cost of $13.9 million.

Phase II is the Natural Sciences Department, a 40,000-square-foot facility that houses the university’s biology, chemistry and physics areas, as well as a greenhouse. The cost of the new addition was $9.8 million, according to CSU officials.

On Oct. 28, Gov. Ted Strickland named CSU as an Ohio center of excellence in advanced energy.

One of eight Ohio universities to focus its academic and research activities on advanced energy development, Central State was named as a center for emerging technologies.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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