[Peace-discuss] Fwd: From the Chancellor

[Alfred Kagan]

FYI

>Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:09:00 -0600 (CST)
>To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
>     All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody at uiuc.edu>
>From: "Robin Kaler" <rkaler at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: From the Chancellor
>Reply-To: rkaler at uiuc.edu
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>Dear Friends:
>
>Chancellor Nancy Cantor asked that I forward this message to you.
>
>Thank you,
>Robin Kaler
>Interim Associate Chancellor for Public Affairs
>
>
>Dear Colleagues and Friends,
>
>I apologize for this impersonal way of telling you, but I wanted you to
>know that I have decided to leave the University of Illinois in July to
>become Chancellor and President of Syracuse University.  The trustees at
>Syracuse wanted to be the first to break the news, and they asked me to
>be in Syracuse today when their chairman made the announcement.  I will
>return home to Urbana on Sunday. 
>
>Syracuse is giving me a wonderful opportunity to lead a great
>university.  As a native New Yorker, I think Syracuse and I will be a
>good fit.  Still, it was very difficult to make the decision to leave
>Illinois.
>
>My three years with you have gone too quickly.   I feel gratified by the
>progress we have made together in continuing to move forward in
>imaginative and successful ways, even in the face of difficult economic
>times.  I am confident that Illinois will continue to lead the nation in
>many aspects of science, technology, and engineering, and I am delighted
>with the opportunities we have had to enhance our programs in the arts,
>the social sciences, and the humanities. I have high hopes for our Cross
>Campus initiatives, our strong commitments to community engagement, and
>the plans to preserve and expand our wonderful library.
>
>As you might guess, I am deeply thankful for the efforts that so many of
>you have made to make this campus even more diverse and more in touch
>with the needs of its many constituencies. It has been an honor and a
>pleasure to know and work with you.
>
>In the months to come, I promise to do everything I can to help the
>university continue in its success and to ease the transition for my
>successor.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Nancy
>
>
>
>
>
>This mailing approved by:
>The Office of the Chancellor
>
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
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e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu