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\nDr. Kim Schatzel has been named the 19th president of the University of Louisville and will officially assume the UofL presidency on February 1, 2023.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Kim Schatzel has been named the 19th president of the University of Louisville and will officially assume the UofL presidency on February 1, 2023.<\/p>\n
The announcement took place following a special meeting of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees on Wednesday, during which Schatzel was appointed with a unanimous approval.<\/p>\n
Schatzel, 66, has served as president of Towson University in Maryland since 2016. She is also a professor of marketing.<\/p>\n
Schatzel previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and as dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.<\/p>\n
She succeeds Dr. Lori Gonzalez, who was named interim president in December 2021 following the departure of former university president Dr. Neeli Bendapudi.<\/p>\n
Bendapudi was named the president at Penn State University on December 9, 2021.<\/p>\n
Schatzel also currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Colonial Athletic Conference, a mid-major conference that Towson University competes in with 19 Division I athletics teams.<\/p>\n
UofL said Schatzel\u2019s track record of leadership includes advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as priorities.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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