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A University of Minnesota alumna with expertise in education. An emergency room doctor overseeing university research. A nuclear engineering professor who's spent years working as a provost. When regents meet Monday to select the next U president, they'll choose from three finalists with deep experience in different facets of higher education. And student and faculty leaders will be closely ...

At their December meeting, the regents also heard a report from the FCC and were interrupted by Students for a Democratic Society.

(May 12, 2023)  Janet Schrunk Ericksen has been named the seventh chancellor of the University of Minnesota Morris. Ericksen’s appointment was approved by the University’s Board of Regents this morning and is effective May 15, 2023. 

July 13, 2021 The University of Minnesota has named Janet Schrunk Ericksen as acting chancellor for the Morris campus. Ericksen has most recently served as vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for the Morris campus. She assumed the role of acting chancellor on July 1, 2021, following Chancellor Michelle Behr’s retirement. Behr retired at the end of June after four and a half years of leadership on the Morris campus.  Ericksen will focus her efforts as acting chancellor on continuing to make the Morris campus a vibrant center for liberal arts education, engaged with the region, sta...

March 8, 2021 University of Minnesota Vice President for Research Chris Cramer announced today his decision to leave the University later this spring. Cramer will join Underwriters Laboratories as the organization's senior vice president and chief research officer who will help set the direction for the organization’s existing research and expansion into new areas of focus. Under Cramer’s leadership as vice president for research for almost three years, the University of Minnesota’s research enterprise grew significantly and continuously, enhancing the University’s standing as one of ...