After serving for two years as Michigan State University’s president, Kevin Guskiewicz is resigning from his role to accept a leadership position outside the university.
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) told Local 4 on Wednesday morning that Guskiewicz is stepping down to serve as the next president of Clemson University in South Carolina.
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Just eight days ago, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees voted overwhelmingly to present Guskiewicz with a new, amended contract that would roughly double his annual base salary from $1.02 million to $2 million and extend his presidential term through 2031, the university reported.
In a special Board of Trustees meeting held via Zoom on Sunday, trustees acknowledged that the significant raise was a preventative effort to keep Guskiewicz at MSU, as he was being “aggressively pursued” by other universities.
Guskiewicz’s original contract was set to expire in 2029.
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