New chancellor announcement expected ‘next month,’ Syverud tells SU Senate
Chancellor Kent Syverud expects the committee searching for his replacement will make an announcement “next month,” he told the University Senate. The chancellor also said the committee searching for an AD hired a search consultant. Joe Zhao | Daily Orange File Photo
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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud expects the committee searching for his replacement will make an announcement “next month,” he told the University Senate Wednesday.
The Chancellor Search Committee was assembled last fall after Syverud announced he would leave his role at the end of the academic year. Syverud previously recused himself from the search process and accepted the University of Michigan presidency in January.
Syverud said the next chancellor will take office “no later than next June” during the meeting.
“I’m committed to doing everything in my power in the next couple of months to … set up the new chancellor for success in the years ahead,” Syverud said.
Syverud also provided updates on the search for a new athletics director after John Wildhack’s July 1 retirement announcement earlier this month.
The chancellor said the AD search committee hired a consultant — although Syverud is also recused from that process due to his impending departure.
Syverud credited Wildhack, who was hired in 2016, with navigating an ever-changing college athletics environment and for “transforming” SU’s athletics facilities. He said the process should move “quickly” and in coordination with the chancellor search, given the competitive AD market.
“John has been an outstanding partner to receive change in intercollegiate athletics,” Syverud said. “I point out that he’s been a particularly excellent leader in focusing on the academic achievement of our student athletes.”
During the Q&A portion, one senator pointed out that no faculty members are serving on the search committee.
Finally, Syverud said he expects there will be a search for a new dean of Hendricks Chapel
“announced shortly.” The chapel’s current interim dean, Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, stepped into the role after former Dean Rev. Brian Konkol left SU at the turn of the new year.
