UNCA interim provost to work as interim chancellor; search for chancellor in coming months

ASHEVILLE - With UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy Cable stepping down at the end of the year, the current interim provost will be taking over in the meantime.

Kimberly van Noort will become interim chancellor effective Jan. 1, succeeding Chancellor Nancy Cable, who has announced that she will step down at the end of the year to head the Chapel Hill-based William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, a news release from the university said.

“I am grateful to Chancellor Cable for her dedicated service and stalwart commitment to UNC Asheville, especially during the pandemic,” UNC System President Peter Hans said in a statement with the release. “We wish her the best in her vital new role leading one of our most important philanthropic organizations as it works to advance education, health care, community development and arts and culture.”

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“Dr. van Noort will bring her considerable skills and academic experience to lead UNC Asheville,” Hans said. “A strong champion of the liberal arts, she has a deep understanding of UNC Asheville’s unique role and its critical importance to the state.”

Cable will assist the university in an advisory role through next summer, the release says.

A national search for the next chancellor is planned for the coming months, Hans said in the release.

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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