Appointment of new Buff State president rescinded, interim president to remain on

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo State will not have a new president in July after the appointment of Dr. Chance Glenn was rescinded, the school announced Wednesday.

Glenn was named the new president of the school last December and was set to take office in July, but that will not happen. Dr. Bonita Durand, who has served as the school’s interim president since June 2023 after the retirement of Katherine Conway-Turner, will remain the school’s president through the 2025-26 school year.

Glenn had most recently served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Houston-Victoria in Victoria, Texas.

The Buffalo State opening had previously been subject to months of speculation that Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown could become president at the university, which is his alma mater. Brown was elected to a fifth term as Buffalo’s mayor in 2021.

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