From the tearing down of Driscoll to the building of the new Dimond Family Residential Village, DU has been experiencing many changes throughout the past year. To top it all off, DU is now kicking off the new school year with newly appointed chancellor Dr. Jeremy Haefner.

Dr. Haefner was appointed the nineteenth chancellor of DU on July 15 of this year after the previous chancellor, Rebecca Chopp, announced in April that she would be stepping down due to health concerns from a “complex neurological disorder.” The Board of Trustees made the decision to appoint Dr. Haefner after months of working with groups such as the Faculty Senate, vice chancellors and national experts in higher education to find a chancellor that would serve DU’s wants and needs.

Dr. Haefner is no stranger to the DU community, as he previously served as provost and executive vice chancellor over the past year. According to the Board of Trustees, Dr. Haefner “spearheaded efforts to share more regular and thorough updates on the budget process, created more open and frequent lines of communication and embodied respect for the teacher-scholar model.”

Going forward, Dr. Haefner plans to spend this fall quarter meeting with students and alumni to learn more about what the DU community needs to build a developed vision for DU Impact 2025.