University Board of Regents Appoint Nancy Berner Acting Vice-Chancellor
On Jan. 21, the University of the South Board of Regents announced the appointment of Nancy Berner as acting vice-chancellor. She will serve in that role until the 18th vice-chancellor is elected and takes office. Berner, the university provost, assumed the role of vice-chancellor pro tempore in December following the resignation of Reuben Brigety.
Berner’s appointment as acting vice-chancellor created a vacancy in the provost’s office, and Scott Wilson has been appointed acting provost. Currently vice provost for planning and strategic initiatives, Wilson has been at Sewanee since 1994 and has chaired both the Politics Department and the Asian Studies Program, served as associate dean, and led the Office of Global Citizenship.
“The Board of Regents is grateful that Nancy has again agreed to serve Sewanee in this capacity,” said Board Chair Reid Funston. “They continue to have every confidence in her and in the University’s senior leadership team.”
The process for identifying the University’s 18th vice-chancellor has begun.