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University of Connecticut President Thomas Katsouleas plans to resign his position by June 30, according to a letter he submitted to the school’s board of trustees chair in March.
Sources say his relationship with UConn’s Board of Trustees has deteriorated but called his resignation voluntary. The conflict had several causes, sources said, beginning with an unexpected announcement at his inauguration to provide free tuition for lower-income households. More recently, he announced the university would cut slated tuition increases by half without consulting with trustees.
His contract with the university has a provision that allows him to transition to a tenured faculty position.
University of Connecticut President Thomas Katsouleas plans to resign his position by June 30, according to a letter he submitted to the school’s board of trustees chair in March. For reasons we have discussed at length over time, I have made the difficult decision to resign my position as President of the University of Connecticut, Katsouleas wrote in the March 13 letter addressed to UConn Board of Regents Chair Dan Toscano. I appreciate your understanding of my decision.
The university did not immediately have comment on the resignation or when Katsouleas final day as president would fall, a spokeswoman said Thursday morning
UConn TIP Receives Premiere InBIA Randall Whaley Award and Prize
UConn TIP has received a prestigious recognition from the International Business Innovation Association.
Nicole Wagner, CEO of UConn TIP company LambdaVision, works in the lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) Copy Link
The UConn Technology Incubation Program (TIP) has received the Randall M. Whaley Award from the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) recognizing their outstanding achievement as an entrepreneurial technology center.
This premiere award honors a technology-focused entrepreneurship center that focuses on technology companies and is an exemplar of the association’s principles and practices of successful business incubation and center management.