{"id":5970,"date":"2019-05-13T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:52:50","slug":"transylvania-university-president-seamus-carey-to-step-down-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/05\/transylvania-university-president-seamus-carey-to-step-down-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania University President Seamus Carey to step down this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/carey-810x433.jpg\" alt=\"Seamus Carey\" class=\"wp-image-5971\" width=\"608\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-810x433.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-350x187.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-730x390.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-1536x820.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-2048x1094.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/carey-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seamus Carey will step down as\npresident of Transylvania University this summer, Chairman of the Board of\nTrustees William T. Young Jr. announced Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young said an interim president\nwill be identified for the 2019-2020 academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are sorry to see Seamus leave\nTransylvania after five successful years as president. We wish him the best as\nhe returns to New York for his next position,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cServing this community as\nyour president has been an honor and a privilege. I am grateful for all of the\nsupport I received and for all of the friendships we developed,\u201d Carey\nsaid.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iona.edu\/about\/news-events\/news\/seamus-carey-a-leading-academic-named-as-iona-coll.aspx\">Carey will become Iona College&#8217;s ninth president beginning July 1.<\/a> The Catholic school is located in New Rochelle, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Carey\u2019s tenure, Transylvania&#8217;s campus has been transformed by major building projects\u2014including the construction of three new residence halls and Alumni Plaza. Other work has included the renovation of the J. Douglas Gay Jr.\/Frances Carrick Thomas Library and the iconic Carpenter Academic Center, and the start of construction on a new, $30-million Campus Center. 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