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3 A4 The Pantagraph Saturday, February 7, 2004 www.pantagraph.com of I chancellor leaving to run Syracuse Departure follows that of president had put the school "in the vanguard of higher education's multidisciplinary approach to teaching, re vmvvw" 4 umj search and public engagement." "Despite successive reductions in state support to the university during her tenure, Nancy and her team managed to enhance the sity four years later. She served as a professor and administrator at Princeton University and Michigan. At Syracuse, she also has been named a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Womenls Studies. Her husband, Steven Brechin, an environmental sociologist, has been named a professor of sociology, according to a news re-. lease.

Syracuse has an enrollment of 18,072 students taught by 832 full-time faculty members and 576 part-time and adjunct pro-' fessors. "I am confident that we've chosen the ideal person to carry forward the vision of Chan- cellor Shaw and the Board of Trustees and take the University to the next level," Syracuse Board of Trustees Chairman Joseph O. Lampe said Friday following the board meet-. ing at which Cantor's selection was unanimously approved. tional search would be conducted for a permanent replacement.

She did not know how long the search would take. At Syracuse, Cantor will replace Kenneth Shaw, who announced last April that he was retiring as chancellor after a 13-year tenure. Like Cantor, Shaw's career included time in Illinois, where he served as chancellor at the Southern Illinois University system between 1979 and 1986. Cantor came to Illinois from the University of Michigan, where she was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. At Illinois; she replaced Michael Aiken, who retired.

Syracuse officials did not immediately say what Cantor's salary would be, but according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Shaw's salary and benefits in 2002 came to $464,699 a year. At Illinois, Cantor received $324,000 a year in salary Nancy Cantor Associated PressROBIN SCHOLZ A billboard along Prospect Avenue in Champaign was photographed Friday. Nancy Cantor, chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, announced Friday she is leaving to become chancellor and president at Syracuse University. quality and stature of the Urbana-Champaign campus," Stukel said. Stukel also plans to leave the university soon; he announced in January that he would retire next year.

University of Illinois spokeswoman Robin Kaler said an interim chancellor likely would be named to take over when Cantor leaves in Julv and a na- gy, earned her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1974 and a doctorate in psychology from Stanford Univer and benefits, according to the school's public affairs office. Cantor, who also held the rank of professor of psycholo ASSOCIATED PRESS URBANA Nancy Cantor, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, announced Friday she is leaving the school after three years to become chancellor and president of Syracuse University. Cantor, 51, will become the first female chancellor in Syracuse's 134-year history when she takes over on Aug. 1. "What's impressed me most is the sense in which this private institution is so publicly engaged," Cantor told The Associated Press while visiting the university in upstate New York.

As a New York City native, she also said she was "thrilled" to be returning to her home state, though she said it was difficult to leave Illinois. Illinois' president James J. Stukel praised Cantor, saying in a prepared statement that she Three appointed to SIU board SPRINGFIELD (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed three people Friday to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Insurance company owner Roger Tedrick of Mount Vernon, attorney John Simmons of Ed-wardsville and dentist Marilyn Jackson of Chicago were added to the board, Blagojevich spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch said.

The three must be confirmed by the Illinois Senate, but they can start work immediately The new appointments fill the final vacancies on the board, made up of seven permanent members and two students. Blagojevich named former congressman Glenn Poshard to the panel in January. Student government 'neutral' on Chief Illiniwek 4 "iVj, "By this referendum every single student will have the opportunity to express how they feel. Ben Wagner chief of staff, Illinois Student Government ganization into a neutral stance. The pro-retirement stance was not representing the will of the student body," said chief of staff Ben Wagner.

"By this referendum, every single student will have the opportunity to express how they feel about the chief," Wagner said. The referendum is scheduled for March 16 and 17. In November, a trustee on the school's governing board withdrew a resolution to retire the chief, saying she did not have enough votes to get it passed. The Board of Trustees is expected to bring up the issue again at its March 11 meeting, university spokesman Hardy said. Campus divided The chief has divided the university's flagship Urbana-Champaign campus for years.

Supporters of the mascot say it is a 78-year-old university tradition that pays homage to Illinois' American Indian history. Opponents argue the chief perpetuates a racist stereo-' type. ASSOCIATED PRESS URBANA The student government at the University of Illinois has voted to take a neutral stance on Chief Illiniwek, the school's controversial mascot, until a student referendum is held. Two resolutions were up for a vote on Thursday night. One called for the Illinois Student Government to "officially and unconditionally" support the Chief Illiniwek symbol.

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