Chancellor Syverud to take top job at University of Michigan
Syverud to take top job at University of Michigan
A Michigan news source reported Sunday that Kent Syverud will be UM’s next president after his already announced departure from SU.
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud has been selected as the next president of the University of Michigan, MLive.com reported Sunday afternoon. The chancellor has not yet announced that he will be stepping into the position.
Syveryd will reportedly replace interim President Domenico Grasso, who started serving as UM’s president last May. The chancellor announced his departure from Syracuse University in a campuswide email last August. He will step down from his position as chancellor “after much reflection,” he wrote then.
Syverud has served as Syracuse University chancellor since 2014. His previous positions include dean at Washington University School of Law and Vanderbilt University Law School.
The search for Syracuse’s next chancellor is still ongoing. The Board of Trustees wrote in an email last October that it aims to have finalists this month and select Syverud’s replacement this spring.
Syveryd attended Michigan for his master’s and law degree and was on the faculty at the UM law school from 1987 to 1997, according to MLive.com.
The University of Michigan has not yet formally announced Syverud’s appointment.
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