HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â Terrence Cheng, an only child of Taiwanese immigrants who rose in the academic world to become director of the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus, was appointed Friday as the next president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
The state Board of Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously to approve Cheng for the $360,000-a-year post that oversees 17 schools that serve more than 72,000 students.
Cheng, 49, who also is an English professor at UConn, will begin his new job on July 2. He will succeed Mark Ojakian, who retired in January after five years as CSSU president and a longer career in state government including chief of staff to former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Published May 07. 2021 11:24PM
By DAVE COLLINS
HARTFORD (AP) Terrence Cheng, an only child of Taiwanese immigrants who rose in the academic world to become director of the University of Connecticut s Stamford campus, was appointed Friday as the next president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
The state Board of Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously to approve Cheng for the $360,000-a-year post that oversees 17 schools that serve more than 72,000 students.
Cheng, 49, who also is an English professor at UConn, will begin his new job on July 2. He will succeed Mark Ojakian, who retired in January after five years as CSCU president and a longer career in state government including chief of staff to former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.