UNC Asheville chancellor Nancy Cable to step down at end of year

Ryan Oehrli, Asheville Citizen Times
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The UNC Asheville sign at the roundabout that leads onto the campus.
The UNC Asheville sign at the roundabout that leads onto the campus.

ASHEVILLE - After heading the school for four years, UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy Cable is planning to step down at the end of the year.

Her last day as chancellor will be Dec. 31. She will serve “in an advisory capacity on an on-call basis to the Interim Chancellor through July 31, 2023,” according to a UNCA news release.

She announced her intentions to step down at an Oct. 12 trustee board meeting, the release says.

In January, Cable will be taking a new job in Chapel Hill as the executive director of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, it says.

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“From the day I joined the UNC Asheville academic community in the summer of 2018, I have been inspired by our dedicated and highly talented faculty and staff, and constantly impressed by our smart, curious, and creative students and student leaders,” Cable said in a message to the campus.

“I am deeply grateful for the privilege and honor to have been a partner in advancing the energy, vitality and quality of this extraordinary institution,” she added.

Spokespeople with UNCA did not immediately respond to questions from the Citizen Times Oct. 13.

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Ryan Oehrli is the breaking news and social justice reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times. Send tips to coehrli@citizentimes.com.

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