Northeastern Appoints USC Dean as New President

<p>The Boston Globe is reporting that Northeastern has appointed USC Dean, Joseph Aoun, to serve as president of the university. This guy is a prolific fundraiser and received his PHD from MIT. Mr. Aoun is a real star!!! This is great news for the university!!! </p>

<p>Mr. Aoun’s bio from USC’s Website:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/faculty/faculty1003050.html[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/faculty/faculty1003050.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>More info from the Boston Globe:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/06/01/new_president_pledges_to_continue_nus_rise_to_top/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/06/01/new_president_pledges_to_continue_nus_rise_to_top/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>More stories:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2006/05/usc_dean_headed_east.html[/url]”>http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2006/05/usc_dean_headed_east.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-president1jun01,1,611823.story[/url]”>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-president1jun01,1,611823.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I am very happy he is going to be president! :)!! its truly great news!</p>

<p>From the USC Student Newspaper:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2006/06/07/News/Dean-Aoun.To.Leave.College-2025584.shtml?norewrite200606111404&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com[/url]”>http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2006/06/07/News/Dean-Aoun.To.Leave.College-2025584.shtml?norewrite200606111404&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>USC bids farewell to Auon:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/news/june_2006/aoun_farewell.html[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/news/june_2006/aoun_farewell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The new president started today:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/president_0806/index.html[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/president_0806/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The president will be getting a new house on Beacon Hill:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/08/23/nu_to_put_roof_over_presidents_head/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/08/23/nu_to_put_roof_over_presidents_head/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;