Jay Hartzell, current president of UT Austin, has been appointed as the next president of Southern Methodist University (SMU).
Current UT Austin president Jay Hartzell has been named the next president of Southern Methodist University ( SMU ) in Dallas effective later this year. Following an extensive national search, the SMU Board of Trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to name him the 11th president of SMU , effective June 1. His last day with UT Austin will be May 31. Hartzell is currently the 30th president of the University of Texas at Austin and has been since the fall of 2020.
He previously served as the dean of the McCombs School of Business and has been a UT Austin faculty member since 2001. 'I am honored to serve as the next president of an exceptional institution like SMU in one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing cities in the nation, and excited to see how I can make the greatest impact as a leader,' Dr. Hartzell said in a release from SMU. 'SMU’s stellar – and rising – national reputation, decades of extraordinary internal and external leadership, strong board of trustees, accomplished alumni, and impressively strong and diverse students and faculty made this an opportunity that Kara and I could not pass up. I look forward to building upon the University’s remarkable momentum and leading SMU into its next era.' UT System Chairman of the Board of Regents Kevin P. Eltife and Chancellor J.B. Milliken released a statement about the news Tuesday, saying: 'We congratulate UT Austin President Jay Hartzell on being named the new president of Southern Methodist University. We greatly appreciate his service as UT Austin’s president since 2020 and on its faculty since 2001. His last day on the Forty Acres will be May 31.' UT Austin is one of the world’s outstanding universities, with an exceptional faculty, staff, and leadership team in place to position it for even greater influence in the years ahead. We have worked closely with UT Austin during Jay Hartzell’s five years as president, and we will continue to do so in the months ahead to ensure a smooth transition
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