William F. Tate IV is stepping down as president of Louisiana State College to grow to be the twenty second president of Rutgers College.
After making historical past as the primary Black president at LSU, Tate will formally take over as President of Rutgers College on July 1st, 2025, based on Rutgers’ Knight Report. The revered social scientist and better schooling chief will exchange Jonathan Halloway when he exits his put up this summer season.
Tate, an alum of Northern Illinois (BS), the College of Texas at Dallas (MA), and the College of Maryland (PhD), will take the helm of one of many nation’s largest universities. Rutgers serves over 69,000 college students throughout campuses in New Brunswick–Piscataway, Newark, and Camden, New Jersey. Rutgers’ Might 19 announcement got here days after they revealed their plans to announce a brand new president.
Rutgers’ athletics division is happy to welcome Tate following his profitable run at LSU. Throughout his four-year tenure, the LSU Tigers secured nationwide championships in baseball (2023), girls’s basketball (2023), and gymnastics (2024). The soccer program additionally thrived, producing the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, Jayden Daniels, and 5 Prime 10 NFL Draft picks.
LSU Athletics has additionally emerged as a nationwide chief in Identify, Picture, and Likeness (NIL) offers, boasting among the highest-earning athletes throughout a number of sports activities. In keeping with On3’s NIL Analysis, LSU featured the nation’s top-earning gymnast, Livvy Dunne (No. 4 amongst all athletes), the highest girls’s basketball participant, Flau’jae Johnson (No. 50 general), and standout quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (No. 6 general).
His position at Rutgers follows his history-making management as LSU’s first Black president and chancellor when he was appointed to succeed former LSU president F. King Alexander in 2021. Earlier than becoming a member of LSU, he served as provost on the College of South Carolina, overseeing teachers for 13 colleges and faculties, together with two medical colleges.
Tate’s choice at Rutgers comes months after the varsity cancelled an HBCU convention, citing Trump’s government order in opposition to variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives.
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