Joe Bertolino, Ph. D. will become the next president of Stockton University on July 1. Bertolino is the current president of Southern Connecticut State University and brings more than 30 years of experience in higher education.

The university’s board of trustees appointed Bertolino at a special meeting Friday, March 3, following a national search. Bertolino’s selection concludes a seven-month search for a new leader for Stockton, following an announcement by Harvey Kesselman last July that he would retire as Stockton’s president at the end of the…