Schollaert resigns, Loppnow named interim provost

Eastern Michigan University Interim President Craig Willis announced today that he has accepted Provost Paul Schollaert's resignation, effective Sept. 17.

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Schollaert, who joined EMU as provost and vice president for academic affairs in 2001, will take an administrative leave (typical for faculty who have served as administrators) and return to the faculty in April 2005. Schollaert is a tenured professor in sociology.

In accepting Schollaert's resignation, Willis said, "Dr. Schollaert has been a valuable member of the University's administration and championed several important projects during his tenure as provost. Chief among these are general education review, the launch of our new Ph.D. in the College of Technology and keeping academic quality in the forefront. I want to thank him for his invaluable service to the University."

Schollaert said the decision to resign and return to the faculty is something that he has contemplated for several months.

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