Dr. Hara D. Charlier, president of Central Lakes College in Minnesota, was recommended unanimously by the Board of Trustees following a national search, pending approval by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.
Bartholomew's Cobble is dense with unique rock outcroppings, small caves, over 800 plant species–including 29 listed by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program–and 53 species of ferns and fern allies, one of the most diverse and natural assemblages of ferns in the United States.