C of I president resigns, former Pres. Bob Hoover back at helm for interim
The College of Idaho has announced that its president since just 2015, Charlotte Borst, is stepping down to “pursue other opportunities” and “spend more time with my family,” and it’s named an interim president, effective immediately: Former President Bob Hoover, who also is the former president of the University of Idaho.
Hoover was C of I’s president from 2003 to 2009; he was the University of Idaho’s president from 1996 to 2003, when he resigned amid controversy over the UI’s planned $136 million University Place development in Boise, which, amid investigations and lawsuits, was ultimately scaled back to just the Idaho Water Center.
During Hoover’s tenure as the Caldwell liberal arts college’s president, enrollment boomed and the college solidified its financial footing with record fundraising.
The college credited Borst with presiding over several major construction and renovation projects and a new five-year strategic plan. “During her tenure, President Borst has been an energetic force not only at the college, but in the Caldwell and greater Boise Valley communities,” Laura Turner, chair of the college board of trustees, said in a statement. “We appreciate the tireless energy, effort and service that President Borst has brought to the college. She and her husband Rick have been a constant presence on the campus and will be missed.”
The college is launching a search for a permanent replacement for Borst, which it expects to complete by June of 2018.
Hoover most recently was president and CEO of the Idaho Community Foundation, from which he retired in March of 2016. He said he’s looking forward to his return to the college for “the next 10 months or so” and wants to “make sure there is a seamless transition to the 14th president.”
