Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos announces he will step down in August

Provost Susan Wente will serve as interim as search for replacement begins

By Sam Zern and Rachel Friedman

Apr 2, 2019

Just a couple months after Turner took over, Williams, Zeppos and Drew were all gone from the program.

After serving 11 years as Chancellor of Vanderbilt, Nicholas Zeppos announced April 2 that he would be stepping down from the position in August. Susan Wente, Current Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, will serve as the interim chancellor, beginning August 15.

In an email to the community, he told the community that he will be stepping down due to health reasons. After a year on sabbatical, he plans on returning to Vanderbilt’s faculty, where he currently serves as a professor of law. Zeppos is the eighth chancellor of Vanderbilt, appointed by the Board of Trust in 2008.

Wente will serve as the interim chancellor during a national search for Zeppos’s successor. She has served as provost since 2014 and is the leader of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan.

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Sam Zern, Former Managing Editor

Sam Zern ('20) has been a member of The Vanderbilt Hustler since her freshman year, first as a staff writer and shortly after as assistant campus editor. She went on to be campus editor and, later, editor in chief. In her senior year at Vanderbilt, Sam was managing editor and streamlined recruitment and training processes.

In her time as a member of the editorial board, she has prioritized diversity and breadth in coverage, wanting to make sure as much of Vanderbilt as possible is represented in the paper. Outside of The Hustler, she studies education policy and sociology and has worked as a journalist for local publications in Austin and Nashville. She plans to pursue a career in journalism (and will gladly take any and all advice!)

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Rachel Friedman, Former Editor in Chief

Rachel Friedman was a student in the College of Arts & Science who studied history and mathematics. Before serving as Editor in Chief, Rachel was the Campus Editor of The Hustler. You can reach her at [email protected].

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