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Bethune-Cookman University President has resigned, officials say Share Updated: 5:46 PM EDT Mar 16, 2021
Bethune-Cookman University President has resigned, officials say Share Updated: 5:46 PM EDT Mar 16, 2021
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Show Transcript SUMMER: PRESIDENT LABRENT CHRITE, THE SEVENTH PRESIDENT TO LEAD THE UNIVERSITY, ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION. WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ JOINS US LIVE FROM THE BCU CAMPUS IN DAYTONA BEACH. CLAIRE: WE GOT WORD THAT PRESIDENT CHRITE IS LEAVING IN A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRMAN, FORMER JUDGE BELVIN PERRY, AND VICE CHAIR PETER GAMBLE. IN THE RELEASE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PRESIDENTS DECISION TO RESIGN UNTIL HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO HIS ADMINISTRATION. THEY SAY THEY WISH HIM WELL AND THE VERY BEST IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS. PRESIDENT BRENT CHRITE JOINED BETHUNE COOKMAN IN JULY OF 2019, SO THOUGH HE’S BEEN HERE JUST A SHORT TIME, HE’S WELL THOUGHT OF AMONG
Mar 17, 2021 8:24 AM Daytona Beach, FL - According to a news release from the school s board of trustees, Bethune-Cookman University President Dr. E. LaBrent Chrite has resigned, and the board does not know why. The board also did not state when the resignation goes into effect, and who the interim president will be. Dr. Chrite—the school s seventh president—came to Bethune-Cookman University in July 2019, following the departure of interim president Hubert Grimes, who filled the spot after Dr. Edison O. Jackson s departure from the school. Before coming to Bethune, Dr. Chrite served as the dean at the University of Denver s Daniels College of Business. Before that, Dr. Chrite was the dean at Montclair State University in New Jersey and held leadership positions at the University of Arizona-Tucson and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. We will pass along updates as they become available.