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DePauw's 20th President, Mark McCoy, visits TV's 'Inside Indiana Business'
DePauw University's next president, D. Mark McCoy, told the statewide television program "Inside Indiana Business" great things about the community and the university, much the same as he said immediately following the March 7 announcement of his appointment.
His selection as the 20th president of the university "was great for my family and I because we are deeply in the community," McCoy said. " We love Greencastle, we love being in Indiana, and the opportunity to stay and take on a new challenge was perfect for us."
McCoy, still the dean of the DPU School of Music at present, was a featured guest this week on the show, which is seen in every Indiana media market and airs through the weekend.
Host Gerry Dick -- whose son Spud is a 2010 DePauw graduate who quarterbacked the DPU football Tigers for four years -- asked McCoy about the school's role in attracting bright scholars to Indiana to study, and perhaps launch their careers.
"We bring students from around the world and around the country to Indiana, to Greencastle, to DePauw, and that starts that process," McCoy noted. "But then when you look at the folks that we've graduated -- Angie Hicks and Justin Christian and those folks who are here in Indiana and making a huge impact" the state clearly benefits, he stated.
McCoy, who takes officeas president on July 1, also discussed the importance of making the unique DePauw experience -- which brings students to a residential campus to learn from full-time faculty in small classrooms -- available to everyone.
"I'm a first-generation college student so I know the huge impact that an undergraduate education can have," McCoy told the program. "And so, for me this is near and dear to my heart.
"I want to make certain that we reach out and that we make that possible for every student, regardless of their background."
He pledges to "work diligently in diversity and inclusion, in making access more possible for more folks."