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Charles Wight Named Salisbury University President

Weber State University

Charles Wight has been named the new president of Salisbury University and will begin his term on July 1st.

He will succeed outgoing president Janet Dudley-Eshbach who is stepping down after 18 years of leading Salisbury University.

Wight has been president of Weber State University in Utah since 2013.

Wight issued a statement that called Salisbury University a great institution and said that he would be ready to lead it come July.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that he led a $164 million fundraising campaign which had an original goal of $39 million.

The paper reports that he also expanded the needs-based assistance program at the university.

Wight also established Weber State’s first LGBT Resource Center.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.