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Syverud retiring in June 2026 / next University of Michigan President

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Me reading Dasher, Richmond, Jake, & Bulldogs posts on the daily constantly entertained and impressed with the info they give us.

Good job guys.
 
I have to wonder what is wrong with Syracuse University that Ken is successful at other law schools but a dismal failure at improving academics and research Syracuse and a Dismal failure at improving OUR law school that has horrible rankings!!! Something is very wrong in HOOVILLE and it can't be all him.
 
HyattsCuse said:
I could be totally off base, but for NY residents, Binghamton (my alma mater for undergrad) has always been a solid school, and their image/rankings seem to be improving as well. Even called a “Public Ivy” about a year and half ago by Forbes.

For a lot of programs academically, I would guess Binghamton for the price tag is appealing. I did miss the sports experience that comes with having a good football and basketball team, but in hindsight, am very happy with the decision I made to go the more budget friendly route.
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I’m a BU alum. Committed to Maryland to play golf originally before my dad got sick and had to stay close to home. Picked Bu over Maryland, Tennessee, St. John’s and a few others and I was definitely disappointed we didn’t have football but basketball during my tenure was amazing - made the tourney with Tiki Mayben. But after I took an official to Tennessee, you realize what big time athletics really looks like so I was definitely a little bummed in comparison. However, had zero tuition and no way I was getting in if I didn’t golf. The way the school has continued to go up in rankings has been great to see. It’s crazy to me how much SU has gone down in rankings as well. But those 4 years at BU were the best 4 years ever for me. Loved every minute
 
Bulldog04 said:
Well this person is already being discussed and new chancellor isn’t in yet. So the timing will be interesting. The new chancellor does care a lot for athletics. And may be thinking this could be a good hire possibly ? But it would be catastrophic and dasher is 100 pct right about how bad it truly would be
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For me. It’s enough to disqualify him from the Chancellor spot if I’m being honest.
 
dasher said:
Oh, I would take JB a million times over the person we are talking about. Weitsman, probably him as well.
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The Michigan football coach? Is this some sort of insider trade thing?
 
SgtCuse said:
I retired this past spring at 57. 4 months in I get a call from my former boss asking if I’d consider “helping out” on a part time basis at more then double my previous salary. I guess my younger replacement was a disaster.

Sometimes it’s not us holding things up. If you get offered a sweet deal because they value experience over youth, you have to take it.
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Me too. Six months after I retired I got a call asking me to take a senior level job in government. Worked for another 3 and a half years. No regrets.

Michigan may have been having trouble finding someone they wanted so out of loyalty he didn't say no.
 
Bulldog04 said:
He told everyone he was retiring. Weird stuff. But he’s also a very weird guy. See ya buddy
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Why would you say he is a weird guy? I thought he did a tremendous job after Nancy. Certainly not completed, however losing AAU membership, research validity We have truly worked on this. I also felt in comparison to previous chancellors he was tremendously supportive of athletics as well student experience initiatives. I am very grateful for this gentleman. People can have a change of heart and honestly private institution to a massive conglomerate might be an easier transition for him. Maybe he just changed his mind and got an offer and they needed him. Obviously amazing for him Congratulations
 
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llandz said:
This is an incredibly rude, and unnecessary comment. His plans could have changed. They were moving there for retirement. Maybe it was an opportunity he couldn't turn down. Maybe he plans to do it for just a short number of years. He may have felt an affinity for UMich as he has a couple of degrees from there.

It is unfortunate how nasty this board has become.
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I so agree with you, I will leave it at that
 
GHLF said:
Why would you say he is a weird guy? I thought he did a tremendous job after Nancy. Certainly not completed however losing AAU membership, research validity We have truly worked on this. I also felt in comparison to previous chancellor's he was tremendously supportive of athletics as well student experience initiatives. I am very grateful for this gentleman. people can have a change of heart and honestly private institution to a massive conglomerate might be an easier transition for him. Maybe he just changed his mind and got an offer and they needed him. Obviously amazing for him Congratulations
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Just all depends on interactions right? And stuff you hear. I have all types of friends at the university so you hear a bunch, I’ve had some interactions with him, and again it’s all personal perspective. I also think he did some stuff behind the scenes that weren’t very forthcoming in my mind. But again, it’s all in the eye of the beholder and depends on who you ask
 
Cusefan0307 said:
Academics haven’t fallen the way you think they have. They aren’t gaming towards ranking.
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I completely agree with your statement contrary to the previous gentleman for sure. Honestly that gentleman's posts have completely soured upon me, He comes off as a disgruntled, archaic mean spirited person with an agenda. We definitely did fall, however we have been working our way back. Current chancellor should have never caved to the state concerning medical school initiative with a veteran bend. also bring back the nursing school while continuing and expanding other research based curriculums and programs of study. Critical
 
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HyattsCuse said:
I could be totally off base, but for NY residents, Binghamton (my alma mater for undergrad) has always been a solid school, and their image/rankings seem to be improving as well. Even called a “Public Ivy” about a year and half ago by Forbes.

For a lot of programs academically, I would guess Binghamton for the price tag is appealing. I did miss the sports experience that comes with having a good football and basketball team, but in hindsight, am very happy with the decision I made to go the more budget friendly route.
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Binghamton is extremely well regarded academically. It also has an interesting relationship with athletics generally. One of the things a certain type of professor liked a couple decades ago was how marginal athletics was. That set the culture at BU. There was a lot of angst when they moved up to D1 that things were changing. That angst was converted into action after the 2009 scandal - which led to the school de-emphasizing athletics to a substantial degree. The marching orders for coaches and the AD now is “don’t embarrass us, and do well academically so we can sell that”. Winning is an afterthought (although nobody will say that publicly).

I say all of this to note that when AW was talking about taking his money to Binghamton, I was really, really confident that wasn’t going anywhere. Either he wouldn’t donate anything substantial (and he seems to be all smoke no fire so I thought this was most likely) OR he’d make a big deal about it when he did donate which would freak out the faculty and lead to massive pushback.

I don’t think there was a worse school for AW to “threaten” Syracuse he would support instead. I don’t know if he didn’t know that, or did but it didn’t matter since he wasn’t going to actually donate big money anyway - but it was laughable from the beginning.
 
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Bulldog04 said:
Just all depends on interactions right? And stuff you hear. I have all types of friends at the university so you hear a bunch, I’ve had some interactions with him, and again it’s all personal perspective. I also think he did some stuff behind the scenes that weren’t very forthcoming in my mind. But again, it’s all in the eye of the beholder and depends on who you ask
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From my outsider perspective, seems like he didn’t really care to help sports so I never liked him for the role. Also comes off like a dork.
 
I for one, am glad he is leaving. First, I went to a lot of time and effort to try and broker a peace between Adam W and Kent and the school. I contacted Kent twice by email. He wasn't courteous enough to respond. Nothing. Thank you for your interest. We will consider it. Nothing. I am an alum after all. They know my phone number and address when they are asking for money.
 

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