Albany State's Freeman interviews in Washington, D.C.

Albany State University's president is one of four finalists for president of the University of the District of Columbia.

ALBANY — Albany State University President Everette Freeman will visit a historically black Washington, D.C., university this week as one of four finalists for the president’s position there.

Freeman will be at the University of the District of Columbia on Thursday and will attend a public forum from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. during which he will answer questions asked of him, UDC spokesman Dan Brozovic said Monday.

Freeman stressed that he did not seek the position ,but instead was nominated and contacted by the university as a candidate for the presidency. The visit, he said, is purely “exploratory.”

Other candidates for the position are the acting president of UDC, Stanley Jackson; Delaware State University President Allen Lee Stressoms, and University of Virginia Vice President for Diversity and Equity William Harvey.

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