NEW: Brown to Make Announcement About “University Leadership” Today
Friday, March 02, 2012
Chancellor Thomas J. Tisch and other senior officers of Brown University will make an announcement regarding University leadership later this morning, it's been announced.
The announcement may involve a replacement for Ruth Simmons, the outgoing President of the University.
On September 15, 2011 President Simmons announced that she plans to step down from the Brown presidency at the end of the current academic year, June 30, 2012. After a short leave, she will continue at Brown as Professor of Comparative Literature and Africana Studies.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSimmons is the 18th president at Brown, and was the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons was elected Brown's first female president in November 2000. Simmons assumed office in fall of 2001. Simmons holds appointments as a professor in the Departments of Comparative Literature and Africana Studies. In 2002, Newsweek selected her as a Ms. Woman of the Year, while in 2001, Time named her as America's best college president.
According to a March 2009 poll by The Brown Daily Herald, Simmons enjoys a more than 80% approval rating among Brown undergraduates.
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