To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Robin Kaler" <rkaler@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: rkaler@uiuc.edu
 Subject: From the Chancellor

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 



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