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College of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving the UT System’s flagship college to change into the following president of Southern Methodist College, he introduced Tuesday.
Hartzell mentioned in a press launch that this was a possibility “I could not pass up.”
“I look forward to building upon the university’s remarkable momentum and leading SMU into its next era,” he mentioned.
SMU’s present president, R. Gerald Turner, will transition this summer time to the function of president emeritus. He has led the college for 3 a long time.
Hartzell’s formal set up as president of SMU is tentatively scheduled for subsequent fall.
It was instantly unclear who will lead UT-Austin within the interim or when the college could have a brand new president.
Hartzell has been president of UT-Austin since 2020. He beforehand served as dean of the McCombs College of Enterprise and has been a UT-Austin school member since 2001.
Final 12 months, his request for armed state troopers to reply to pro-Palestinian protests on campus acquired a vote of no confidence from school and reward from the GOP.
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