West Virginia University will introduce its new president at a news conference this afternoon.

The school's board of governors has announced that the candidates are Gregory H. Williams, president of The City College of New York, and James P. Clements, provost at Towson University. Both candidates visited the campus in Morgantown this week.

Dr. Williams has led The City College of New York, flagship college of The City University of New York, since August 2001. Dr. Clements has been provost of Towson University, the second largest public university in Maryland, since 2007.

One of them will succeed Mike Garrison, who stepped down amid fallout over WVU's awarding of an unearned executive M.B.A. degree to Heather Bresch, daughter of Gov. Joe Manchin.