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Former U Of I Chancellor Will Take Faculty Position

University of Illinois

The University of Illinois has accepted Urbana Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s second resignation, and she’ll be taking a faculty position.

Meanwhile, the U of I says it’s won’t initiate dismissal proceedings.  Wise will accept a tenured position in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology.  U of I spokesman Tom Hardy says she’ll take an immediate 1-year paid sabbatical.

It’s a reversal of what transpired Thursday… when Wise rejected an advisory role in U of I President Timothy Killeen’s office.  She had called the U of I Trustees’ rejection of a 400-thousand dollar bonus ‘motivated by politics.’  Hardy says that bonus no longer comes into play.

The U of I released a letter to Wise from Killeen thanking Wise for her service and welcoming her to the faculty job.

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