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<p>U-M</a> regents call special meeting — likely to name new president | Detroit Free Press | freep.com</p>
<p>…maybe…</p>
<p>don’t be too surprised if he/she is black</p>
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<p>And that’s because past performance isn’t a guarantee of future results?</p>
<p>There will be an announcement on the new president at 10:00 AM today. You can watch it live here:</p>
<p>[Watch</a> ? University of Michigan](<a href=“http://umich.edu/watch/]Watch”>Watch › University of Michigan)</p>
<p>Dr. Mark Schlissel is the pick. ForeverAlone must be in shock.</p>
<p>Mark S. Schlissel named 14th president of the University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – With a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents, Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., today was appointed the 14th president of the University of Michigan. The vote took place during a special meeting of the board at the Michigan Union.</p>
<p>Schlissel, currently serving as provost of Brown University, will succeed Mary Sue Coleman July 1, 2014. Coleman is retiring after 12 years leading U-M.</p>
<p>“This is an exciting time for the University of Michigan,” said Andrea Fischer Newman, chair of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. “Mark Schlissel brings an exceptional portfolio of scholarship and leadership, and just as importantly a tremendous commitment to Michigan’s public ethos. I am confident Mark will lead the university into its next century focused on our deepest ideals of world-class academic excellence and public impact.” </p>
<p>Schlissel, age 56, is a nationally recognized biomedical researcher who has risen through the ranks of academic and administrative positions in higher education. Before being named provost at Brown in 2011, Schlissel was University of California at Berkeley’s Dean of Biological Sciences in the College of Letters & Science and held the C.H. Li Chair in Biochemistry. </p>
<p>“It is a tremendous honor to be entrusted with the presidency of one of the nation’s great public universities,” Schlissel said following the vote by the regents. “I will bring to Michigan a fierce commitment to the importance of public research universities, a strong and personal belief in the ability of education to transform lives, and the understanding that excellence and diversity are inextricably linked.”</p>
<p>“I am enormously excited about Mark Schlissel becoming the next president of the University of Michigan. He brings great intellect, academic achievement, proven leadership skills, integrity, commitment to our public mission and values, decency and good humor to his new responsibilities. We were privileged to have a pool of extraordinary candidates. Mark was simply the “best of the best.” I look forward to our future,” said Regent Laurence B. Deitch, who coordinated the presidential search process.</p>
<p>“In addition to being a thoughtful leader having extraordinary experience in higher education at the highest levels, President-Elect Schlissel is an outstanding listener. He has demonstrated that he listens and solicits input from the campus community including fostering a diverse and inclusive campus environment,” said Regent Katherine E. White, who coordinated the town hall and outreach sessions on all three U-M campuses as part of the presidential search process.</p>
<p>A graduate of Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, Biochemical Sciences), Schlissel earned both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He did his residency in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. His research program has focused on the developmental biology of the immune system. As a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, he earned awards for his research and teaching. At Berkeley, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in immunology as well as the gateway course in biology required of all life science majors. In addition, he has mentored more than 20 successful Ph.D. candidates who did their dissertation research in a lab at either Hopkins or Berkeley. </p>
<p>Schlissel noted the synergy between research and an excellent educational environment. “Students get to learn from faculty who are defining the leading edge of human knowledge and curiosity; and the imagination and energy of our students contribute to the research enterprise. The university’s nearly 200-year history, its great faculty and steady stream of gifted students, and its strong culture of interdisciplinary collaboration allow it to tackle the toughest long-term problems for the public good.”</p>
<p>Schlissel will take over the helm of the $4 billion “Victors for Michigan” fundraising campaign launched last year. The campaign is the largest ever in the university’s history and its highest priority is to raise funds for student support. </p>
<p>“I promise to do my best to live up to the University’s highest ideals. I will work to enhance access and affordability, to promote academic excellence, and to support research and teaching of the highest impact and greatest value to society,” Schlissel said.</p>
<p>Schlissel will take the helm at a university that:</p>
<p>•Has 19 schools and colleges on the Ann Arbor campus serving 28,000 undergraduates and 15,000 graduate and professional school students.
•Has two regional campuses in Dearborn and Flint, extending the university’s reach through the state.
•Is ranked No. 1 in research spending among public universities at $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2012.
•Has 99 graduate programs ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report.
•Is on the verge of celebrating its bicentennial in 2017.
•Was honored in 2012 with a Simon Award for its commitment to outstanding and innovative global engagement.
Schlissel, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been married for 29 years to Monica Schwebs, an environmental lawyer. They have four grown children.</p>
<p>Why the hell do you care what religion he is? Best person for the job is all that matters. Give a concrete answer.</p>
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<p>Because ignorant bigotry is alive and well in the 21st century. ForeverAlone and davedcd are simply brothers of a different mother.</p>
<p>Dr. Schlissel certainly has impressive academic credentials. I hope he’s good at raising money.</p>
<p>My first thought on race/ethnicity when I heard the announcement was, “Oh, another white guy?” Apart from Mary Sue Coleman (and if you want to be generous, Homer Neal who served as interim president for a few months in 1996), every president the university has ever had has been a white male. Schissel makes it 14 out of 15, excluding interims. Just sayin’.</p>
<p>“don’t be too surprised if he/she is black”</p>
<p>Under conditional expectations, I would be very surprised: the pipeline of folks with not just the academic credentials but the experience base to run a major research institution is pretty lean. While there are more non-white folks than ever getting degrees, it takes a while to fill the academic pipeline. As more time passes, the surprise factor will decline, but at this stage this is a job for which there are probably only 20-40 people nationally. We can hope/expect that as society becomes more fair and more kids from all cohorts receive an education, that all races will be represented to the point where this question doesn’t even get asked.</p>
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'fo Schlissel my nizzle…</p>
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