当 2023 年 5 月宣布肯尼斯·弗里曼 (Kenneth Freeman) 将在罗伯特·布朗 (Robert A. Brown) 卸任后担任波士顿大学临时校长时,波士顿大学社区的许多人都松了一口气。对于那些认识他的人来说,弗里曼被视为一个显而易见且完美的选择,可以帮助弥合波士顿大学长期担任的第10任总统和尚未任命的第11任总统之间的时期。现在,梅丽莎·L·吉列姆(Melissa L. Gilliam)将从7月1日开始担任该职位,弗里曼的临时总统任期即将结束。他花了几分钟时间向 BU Today 回顾了他领导大学的一年。
他于 2010 年来到波士顿大学,在财务和综合管理方面拥有数十年的行政经验,并在巴克内尔大学董事会任职期间积累了对高等教育的理解。最初,他曾担任 Allen Questrom 教授和 BU Questrom 商学院院长,后来担任人力资源临时副总裁和大规模在线课程临时副总裁兼副教务长。他了解是什么让波士顿大学打勾,这在各地大学校园动荡的时期对他很有帮助。
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![Photo: The new BU president, Melissa L. Gilliam (right), a Black woman wearing a black jacket and pants, greets Interim president Ken Freeman (left), a tall white man wearing a black suit and red tie, and his wife, Janice (center), a white woman wearing a black dress and blazer, during a reception.](https://www.bu.edu/files/2024/06/crop-Freeman-and-Gilliam.jpg)
![Photo: President ad Interim Ken Freeman claps at the podium at BU's 151st Commencement.](https://www.bu.edu/files/2024/05/crop-24-1291-CMCT8-2160.jpg)
![Photo: Kenneth Freeman, an older white man wearing a red BU cap, black shirt, and khaki pants, smiles as he helps unload a bike from the back of a car. A student and her parents help and smile as they chat with him on the sunny street.](https://www.bu.edu/files/2023/09/Freeman-move-in-feat.jpg)
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