Indiana University East will host an interactive breakfast forum for business and community leaders on public higher education on Thursday, March 7, in the Whitewater Hall Community Room.

Interim Chancellor Larry Richards will present “The State of Public Higher Education and its Implications for IU East.”  Richards, whose academic background is in engineering, business management and operations research, has been Interim Chancellor since June 2012.  Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Management and Informatics at IU East since 2004.

The breakfast will be available for $5 beginning at 7:30 a.m., payable in advance or at the door.  The presentation and discussion will be 8-9 a.m., and can be attended without breakfast.

Reservations are required to attend the forum and can be made by contacting the IU East Office of External Affairs at 765-973-8604 or abryan@iue.edu.