CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Welcomes Hunter College’s New Interim President

Ann Kirschner, Dean Emerita of Macaulay Honors College, the new interim president of Hunter College. “Kirschner brings more than two decades of experience in higher education, including 15 years in senior administrative and academic roles at CUNY.”

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She will begin July 1, pending confirmation by the University’s Board of Trustees.

“Dr. Kirschner is dean emerita of the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY and has more than two decades of experience in higher education, including 15 years in senior administrative and academic roles at the University. She is a highly respected administrator and educator who has a rich understanding of CUNY’s mission and returns to the University from Arizona State University, where she is a professor of practice and is a special adviser to the president.”

“As Macaulay’s dean for a decade, Dr. Kirschner led the execution of a strategic plan that led to the college today being recognized as one of the nation’s best public honors colleges, graduating talented students who are awarded myriad prestigious…