To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Chancellor Richard Herman" <chancellor@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@illinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Provost Linda Katehi

TO:  Members of the Campus Community

FROM:  Chancellor Richard Herman

I write today with mixed emotions. Provost and Vice Chancellor for 
Academic Affairs Linda Katehi has accepted the position of chancellor at 
the University of California at Davis, pending approval by their Board of 
Regents. We are losing an individual of strong intellect, a leader with 
considerable capacity to guide our academic units, and a nationally 
respected scholar. When you appoint individuals of this caliber, you know 
they will be constantly recruited. The position at UC-Davis is an 
exceptional opportunity for Linda. 

Dr. Katehi has achieved much in her three years at Illinois. She has 
recruited talented academic leaders, guided the strategic planning 
process, helped launch the Division of Biomedical Sciences, assisted in 
securing the petascale award and implemented the IT@Illinois effort. She 
will be missed on campus and as a representative of our institution in a 
variety of external forums. We wish her and her husband, Spyros 
Tseregounis, well and we know that they will always be a part of the 
Illinois family.
  
An interim provost will be named soon after appropriate consultation with 
individuals including the Council of Deans and the Senate. A search for a 
new provost will begin as quickly as possible.
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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