Dr. Glenn Poshard Named President of Morthland College

Leigh Caldwell-  Morthland College Media Services

T he Morthland College Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to name Dr. Glenn Poshard president of Morthland College, effective Feb. 13, 2017.

“I’m very honored the Board and Dr. Morthland have offered me this position. I will do everything I can to live up to the vision and mission statement of the college,” Poshard said.

Dr. Tim Morthland, the founding president of the four-year, faith-based college in West Frankfort, has been named chairman of the Morthland College Board of Trustees. Morthland’s seven-year presidency saw the founding of the institution, the securing of degree-granting authority from the Illinois Board of Higher Education and full accreditation through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

Morthland said that growth in the college’s related enterprises — a series of Guilds designed to support the school and rebuild the region’s economy including Morthland College Health Services and Da Vinci Beverages — is necessitating the change in leadership. Morthland will devote more of his time to his role as Chief Executive Officer of these Guilds.

“We weren’t supposed to sit still, ever,” Morthland said. “We were called to keep dreaming, to keep building, to keep casting vision forward.”

Poshard, the esteemed former U.S. Congressman and retired president of Southern Illinois University, joins the college in the middle of its sixth academic year. Poshard will lead the institution as it prepares to add five new degree programs.

“I look forward to trying to build on the foundation that Dr. Morthland has begun of offering classical, faith-based education to students in the region,” Poshard said.

Morthland said as the enterprises surrounding the college began their rapid growth, he started to seek a seasoned educational leader to succeed him as president. Poshard’s history of leadership with integrity and his faith-based stance, as well as a history of sound fiscal management and successful building projects, made him the perfect person for the job.

“No one more suitable could be selected as Morthland College’s next president,” Morthland said.