It's official: Kevin Guskiewicz leaving UNC for Michigan

Kevin Guskiewicz is leaving his position as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to become the 22nd president at Michigan State University.
Posted 12/8/2023, 1:28:13 PM Updated 12/8/2023, 5:43:54 PM

AFTERNOON TO YOU. I'M JEFF

HOGAN AND I'M KEELEY ARTHUR IN

FOR RENEE CHOU. THANKS FOR

JOINING US. THIS IS A MOVE

THAT'S BEEN ANTICIPATED FOR A

COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW.

>> AND WRAL'S SARAH KRUEGER

IS LIVE FROM CAMPUS WITH THE

GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE

IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ERA.

THE LEAGUE US GO. IT SAYS A

LONGTIME TARHEEL. HE HAS BEEN

WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN SOME

CAPACITY FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.

BUT NOW PRETTY SOON.

>> HE'LL BE PACKING UP HIS

OFFICE HERE AT THE SOUTH

BUILDING, HEADING ON TO

MICHIGAN STATE. AND THERE'S

SPECULATION THAT POLITICAL

MEDDLING IS AT LEAST PARTLY

TO BLAME.

>> AFTER DECADES IN CHAPEL

HILL, KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ IS

MOVING ON IN A DEPARTURE NOTE

TO THE CAROLINA COMMUNITY, HE

TOUTED ACHIEVEMENTS LIKE RISING

IN THE RANKS ACADEMICALLY AND

IMPROVING ACCESS TO MENTAL

HEALTH SERVICES. HE ALSO

RECOGNIZED THE CHALLENGES IT

HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY, BUT

AS I HAVE OFTEN SAID, IZZY IS

BORING. WE CERTAINLY HAVE NOT

BEEN BOARD DURING HIS TENURE.

GUS QUICK SOMETIMES CLASHED

WITH THE GOVERNING BOARDS

OVERSEEING UNC ON ISSUES

RANGING FROM A CONFEDERATE

STATUE. 2 FREE TUITION FOR

LOWER-INCOME NORTH CAROLINA.

FAMILIES SEEMINGLY HINTING AT

PERCEIVED MEDDLING BY THE

BOARDS IN A STATEMENT OBTAINED

BY THE MICHIGAN STATE

NEWSPAPER, GUS COATES WROTE HE

WOULD ONLY ACCEPT THE ROLE

THERE IF HE WERE GIVEN THE

OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD WITHOUT

UNDUE INTERFERENCE IN A TWEET

TODAY, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER

WROTE THAT THE GOVERNING BOARDS

APPOINTED BY THE REPUBLICAN

LED LEGISLATURE HURTS OUR

UNIVERSITIES, ECONOMY AND

REPUTATION AND THE CHANCELLOR

LEAVING UNC IS A PRIME EXAMPLE

TALKING TO ME BY PHONE TRUSTEE

MARTY KOTIS RESPONDED PERCENT.

I THINK DEMOCRATS LIKE GOVERNOR

COOPER ARE USING UNIVERSITY.

>> AS A WEDGE ISSUE WITH HIS

IDEA BEING THAT ISSUE WEALTHY

DEMOCRAT SINCE THE MESSAGING

THEY KEEP PUTTING OUT. AND IT'S

JUST COMPLETELY FALSE.

>> AND I ASKED RUSTY CODIS IF

HE'S SAD TO SEE GUS COATES GO.

HE SAID GUSKIEWICS HAS

CERTAINLY MADE SOME

IMPROVEMENTS HERE AT THE

UNIVERSITY AND HE WILL BE

MISSED. GUSKIEWICS WILL STAY IN

HIS ROLE HERE AT UNC ABOUT

ANOTHER MONTH OR SO. IT IS UP

TO UNC SYSTEM. PRESIDENT PETER

HANS, TO PICK HIS INTERIM

REPLACEMENT. HE HAS NOT MADE

ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THAT JUST

YET TO INJECT SARAH KRUEGER

LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL. SARAH,

THANK YOU OUR COVERAGE OF THIS

DECISION AND ITS IMPACT

CONTINUES AT 12, 30 WHEN A

MICHIGAN STATE TRUSTEE.

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