You go, PrezBo. Four (more) for you, PrezBo

As of this afternoon, the term of Columbia’s illustrious president Lee Bollinger has been extended an additional four years, to 2022. Not only does this mean PrezBo will still be running the show when he’s 75, it makes his projected term the third longest in Columbia history. The Columbia board has made this decision due to his role in helping develop “one of the most diverse and accomplished communities of students and faculty in the nation.”

We here at Bwog are excited to see what PrezBo will accomplish with these additional four years in office. Will he, like the pharohs of old, erect a statue in his honor? Set a record for most insubstantial emails sent in one career? Win over so many wealthy donors that Columbia can actually start using its money to benefit the student body? The possibilities are endless.

Official email from Board Chair Jonathan Schiller:

Dear Fellow Members of the Columbia Community:

I wanted to share with you that the University’s Board of Trustees and President Lee C. Bollinger have agreed to continue his service for four additional years beyond 2018 to 2022.

The board makes the decision to extend Lee’s term as president with great enthusiasm and conviction. Under his exemplary leadership, Columbia has been firmly established as one of the world’s indispensable research universities. Wherever one looks around the University, we are seeing progress that should be sustained and amplified. Over the past decade, Lee has led the development of one of the most diverse and accomplished communities of students and faculty in the nation. At the same time, he has secured a future in Manhattanville that will ultimately double the space available on our Morningside campus.

The excellence of the University’s teaching, scholarship and research is on full display on every new academic frontier. We all want to continue without pause this extraordinary forward momentum in the years ahead.

http://news.columbia.edu/node/1050

Sincerely,

Jonathan Schiller (CC’69, LAW’73)
Chair

The great man himself via Columbia’s alumni magazine