Search Committee Taps Provost Jere Morehead to Be UGA's Next President

Reared in Lakeland, Florida, Jere Morehead moved as a teenager to DeKalb County with his family when his father was transferred. He graduated from Southwest Dekalb, then went to Georgia state, finishing in 1977.

He came to UGA for law school, and left for a few years after he graduated in 1980, working for the U.S. Department of Justice for six years. In 1986, he returned to UGA to join the faculty. And though he has spent time elsewhere--teaching one year at the University of Michigan Law School--Jere Morehead has never left the university.

He has taught classes. He has advised student groups. He's done research and published articles. He's been on more boards and committees than you can shake an iPhone at. And, for the past several years, he has been an administrator in outgoing President Michael Adams' cabinet.

Now, if the Board of Regents approves, Morehead will be named Michael Adams' successor as the President of the University of Georgia. On social media sites, students and faculty alike are thrilled with the choice, saying what a "great guy" Morehead is and how pro-student he is. Some faculty have said they wish an outside person could have come in, while acknowledging that Jere "will do a great job."

The Board of Regents meet on Feb. 13, when they are expected to approve the recommendation of the search committee. If you would like to read the statement on why Morehead was chosen from the Board of Regents, click here. If you wish to hear what students and others on social media are saying, click here.