Top Stories of 2023: Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz Leaves UNC for Michigan State

Posted Dec 30, 2023
As far as his tenure went at UNC, 2023 was a busy year for Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz — but par for the course of his four-plus years at the helm. In the final weeks of the year, Guskiewicz formally charted his course away from Chapel Hill — taking the presidency at Michigan State University, where he will begin in March after leaving UNC in January. (Chapelboro.com)

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