The UW-Eau Claire Chancellor’s Workplace introduced Wednesday morning that Chancellor James Schmidt can be stepping down in June to grow to be the following president of James Madison College in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
“I’m thrilled to have the chance to steer James Madison College as their seventh president,” Schmidt mentioned in a information launch. “I’m impressed by the college’s imaginative and prescient for engaged studying and its dedication to getting ready college students to grow to be energetic and accountable international residents and leaders. I look ahead to immersing myself in campus life, constructing relationships with college, employees and college students and attending to know the individuals of Harrisonburg.”
Schmidt was confirmed by the UW Board of Regents on April 5, 2013 to take over for Brian Levin-Stankevich who served as the seventh chancellor of UW-Eau Claire. Schmidt began as chancellor in July 2013 earlier than being formally inaugurated on Nov. 8, 2013.
Schmidt beforehand served as the vp for college development at Winona State College, vp for scholar affairs at Riverland Neighborhood Faculty, dean of scholars at Austin Neighborhood Faculty and director of economic assist at Austin Technical Faculty.
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Schmidt will proceed to serve as the UW-Eau Claire by way of June 30 when Mike Carney, the interim provost and vice chancellor for Tutorial Affairs, will take over as interim chancellor till a everlasting chancellor is employed.
Carney has labored at UW-Eau Claire since August 2000 and has served as a professor, the Chemistry Division chair, interim affiliate vice chancellor for undergraduate research, affiliate vice chancellor for curriculum, internationalization and immersion and interim assistant chancellor for strategic partnerships and program improvement. Carney continues to show chemistry and biochemistry along with his administrative duties.
“Chancellor Schmidt is essentially the most revolutionary and influential chief I’ve labored with throughout my tutorial profession,” Carney mentioned in a information launch. “He not solely helped rework the outward bodily look of the campus, he additionally regularly challenged these of us on the within to maneuver past our consolation zones to suppose extra boldly about what UW-Eau Claire may and will grow to be. His talent in creating strategic partnerships has laid the groundwork for mutually helpful collaborations that may impression our college and our area for years to come back.”
2013-2025: James Schmidt’s chancellorship of UW-Eau Claire
Chancellor James Schmidt speaks at his inauguration ceremony to grow to be the eighth chancellor of UW-Eau Claire. “I sought out this chancellorship as a result of I knew UW-Eau Claire’s repute for excellence,” Schmidt mentioned. “I would like our pleasure to be pervasive at UW-Eau Claire. We’ll outline the type of campus we need to have and make it a actuality.” Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2013 Elizabeth Jackson / The Spectator UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt takes the ALS Ice Bucket Problem throughout 2014 first-year orientation. Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2014 Courtney Roszak Chancellor James Schmidt holds a roundtable for him and his govt employees to reply questions on UW-Eau Claire initiatives and initiatives. The Chancellor’s Roundtable targeted on the Menomonie Road occasion heart, a proposed multi-purpose occasion heart to accommodate sporting occasions, commencement and different campus and group occasions. UW-Eau Claire alumni John and Carolyn Sonnentag donated $10 million in land and cash in August 2014 and an extra $70 million in December 2021. The Sonnentag Middle opened in July 2024. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2014 The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt acknowledges playwright and professor emeritus Tess Onwueme for her accomplishments and life’s work, the latter which she donated to the UW-Eau Claire Basis. Onwueme directed a displaying of her play, “The Reign of Wazobia” within the Kjer Theater. Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2014 Rachel Streich / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt speaks at an occasion in downtown Eau Claire a few proposed $300 million in state funding cuts to the UW System. “My duty is to verify our college students — those who’re right here now, those who’re coming subsequent yr and those that can be coming lengthy after I’m not right here — have the identical glorious alternative practically 100 years of Blugolds have had,” Schmidt mentioned. January 2015 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2015 The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt talks about finances cuts with a bunch of college and employees within the Ojibwe Ballroom of Davies Scholar Middle. UW-Eau Claire was anticipated to bear $12.2 million of the $250 million UW System finances reduce within the 2015-17 Biennial Finances. “These cuts will impression completely each nook of the college,” Schmidt mentioned. “Nobody was spared.” Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2015 Lauren French / The Spectator The UW-Eau Claire Scholar Senate invited Chancellor James Schmidt to talk about the $12.2 million in finances cuts finalized over the summer time in the course of the first senate assembly of the autumn 2015 semester. “I imagine it’s in the long run curiosity of the varsity to do what’s in the long run curiosity of the scholars,” Schmidt mentioned. Monday, Sep. 17, 2015 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2015 Kendall Ruchti / The Spectator UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt begins off the 2016 TRIO Awards Ceremony with an introduction and proclamation. The TRIO packages on campus include the Upward Certain program, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program and two Scholar Assist Providers packages for first-generation college students and college students with disabilities. Thursday, April 14, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2016 Hannah Pitzl / The Spectator UW-Eau Claire’s Blugold Beginnings program acquired the UW System Board of Regents Variety Award for the employees’s work towards making a profitable post-secondary expertise for multicultural, first-generation and economically deprived college students. Blugold Beginnings employees (from left to proper) Cheryl Snobl, Whisper Kappus-McDew, Karen Dominguez, Jodi Thesing-Ritter and Khong Meng Her pose with Chancellor James Schmidt and the $5,000 award at the Board of Regents assembly. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. ©2017 The Spectator UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt poses for a portrait for The Spectator’s column Acquainted Faces. Schmidt spoke about his expertise working in Congress and management positions in Minnesota establishments, as properly as his love for scholar advocacy and {golfing} in his free time. March 2017 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2017 Kendall Ruchti / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt finalized an settlement with Mayo Clinic to broaden analysis alternatives for UW-Eau Claire college students in lots of fields of examine. Schmidt mentioned dialogue over the settlement started in February 2017. Friday, July 12, 2017 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2017 UW-Eau Claire Built-in Advertising and marketing and Communications Chancellor James Schmidt and Housing and Residence Life Director Quincy Chapman reply scholar questions on housing for the 2018-19 tutorial yr at the Chancellor’s Roundtable. Schmidt mentioned the on-campus housing adjustments are the results of state-level finances delays and growing old residence halls. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2017 Kar Wei Cheng / The Spectator A panel of shared governance leaders led an open discussion board for UW-Eau Claire and UW-Barron County campus members to ask questions concerning a merger between the 2 campuses. The merger went into impact on July 1, 2018. The panel included (from left to proper) Keith Montgomery, regional govt workplace and dean; UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt; Patricia Kleine, UW-Eau Claire provost and vice chancellor of educational affairs; Evan Weiher, UW-Eau Claire College Senate chair; and Lauren Wentz, UW-Barron County affiliate biology professor. Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2017 Samantha Farley / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt addresses an viewers at UW-Eau Claire and a live-streamed viewers at UW-Barron County as a part of ongoing conversations concerning the UW System reconstruction. Schmidt mentioned alliances between UW faculties and four-year universities will look totally different throughout the state, however his priorities are preserving the mission of Barron County and its dedication to the group it’s embedded in. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2017 Kar Wei Cheng / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt listens to scholar enter in the course of the newest Chancellor’s Roundtable occasion centered round parking. Eau Claire’s Parking Supervisor Allyson Wisniweski mentioned parking is a matter with no easy answer, which is why Parking and Transportation Providers is looking for scholar concepts of their seek for an answer. Thursday, April 12 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2018 Kar Wei Cheng / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt speaks at the grand opening of the Pablo Middle and gestures upward in acknowledgement of the brand new artwork facility. The Pablo Middle boasts two theaters, two artwork galleries, school rooms, scene and costume outlets, a recording studio, a recital corridor and a light-weight, sound and projection lab — all of that are to be utilized by college students and group alike as a solution to share their artwork with the group. Saturday, Sep. 22, 2018 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2018 Samantha Farley / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt speaks to the UW-Eau Claire Scholar Senate concerning the new Science and Well being Sciences Constructing mission, college cancellation coverage and the Mayo Clinic partnership at a normal meeting assembly. Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Samantha Farley / The Spectator UW-Eau Claire Scholar Physique President Charlie Johnson and Chancellor James Schmidt reduce the ribbon on the brand new scholar housing constructing, The Suites. Schmidt mentioned the brand new suite-style dorms will clear up the housing scarcity disaster on campus, with round 300 college students usually being housed in inns off campus each tutorial yr. Friday, Sep. 6, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Anya Yurkonis / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt shares his proposed funding plans for the way forward for UW-Eau Claire with college students, college and employees in a Q&A discussion board to listen to their recommendation and options. On the conclusion of his Investing for Our Future discussion board, Schmidt mentioned there are three choices UW-Eau Claire has from this level onward: “Get greater, get smaller or do nothing.” Thursday, Sep. 19, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Anya Yurkonis / The Spectator Lots of of UW-Eau Claire college students gathered in silence exterior of Schofield Corridor as a part of a protest organized by Black Male Empowerment and the UWEC Solidarity with Folks of Coloration. Chancellor James Schmidt takes half within the hour of silent protest alongside campus protesters. Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Taylor Wilkinson / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt requested protesters to hitch arms as he spoke. “These are human beings,” Schmidt mentioned. “They deserve the fitting to be handled with dignity and respect. The identical blood is pulsing by way of all of our veins and I would like you to really feel that within the hand. I’ve all the time mentioned collectively we’re stronger.” Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Taylor Wilkinson / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt speaks with a number of members of BME previous to his speech and the hour of silent protest. Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2019 Taylor Wilkinson / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt praised Albert Colom, former vice chancellor for enrollment administration, for his time at UW-Eau Claire, chided the press, shared causes for his departure and introduced plans for the transition throughout a press convention. Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2020 Owyn Peters / The Spectator Chancellor James Schmidt and UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson inspired UW-Eau Claire college students to “smash COVID” by getting vaccinated. Thompson’s go to was in accordance with the UW System’s “Vax Up! 70 for 70” initiative, which affords college students an opportunity at one in all 70 scholarships value $7,000 if the campus vaccination charge reaches 70% or above by Oct. 15. On the time of the rally, 68% of UW-Eau Claire college students had reported that they’re totally vaccinated towards COVID-19. Monday, Sep. 13, 2021 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Bridget Kelley / The Spectator Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire) and Gov. Tony Evers tour the UW-Eau Claire campus with Chancellor James Schmidt after Evers included $231 million for the brand new Science and Well being Sciences Constructing within the proposed 2023-25 Capital Finances. Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2023 UW-Eau Claire Built-in Advertising and marketing and Communications UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt, UW System President Jay Rothman and UW System Board of Regents President Karen Walsh announce the rebrand from “College of Wisconsin System” to “Universities of Wisconsin” to emphasise universities somewhat than the executive system. “System sounds one thing anonymous and faceless,” Schmidt mentioned. “As a substitute of referring to the UW System when referring to all of the work we do across the state, it’s frankly frequent sense in my thoughts to speak concerning the Universities of Wisconsin.” Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2023 Jhett Sherry / The Spectator Director of Athletics Jason Verdugo (left) together with Chancellor James Schmidt (proper) introducing Zach Malvik (heart) as the brand new head coach for UW-Eau Claire males’s basketball coach. Thursday, April 4, 2024 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2024 Sophie Geske / The Spectator James Schmidt introduced he can be stepping down as UW-Eau Claire’s chancellor on June 30, 2025 to serve as James Madison College’s seventh president. Schmidt watches as Mike Carney, the interim provost and vice chancellor for Tutorial Affairs, speaks at a press convention after being named interim chancellor till a everlasting chancellor is employed. Friday, March 28, 2025 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ©2025 Maddie Kasper / The Spectator (Picture by Maddie Kasper)
