John Wilkin, who fulfilled the role of interim vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost since February 18, 2017, returned to his position as dean of libraries and university librarian on January 16, 2018. Andreas Cangellaris, formerly the dean of the College of Engineering at Illinois, was selected by Chancellor Robert Jones as the campus’s permanent vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost.

William Mischo, The Berthhold Family Professor in Information Access and Discovery, served as acting university librarian during Wilkin’s 11-month absence and has returned to his post at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center as head librarian.

“I’m both proud and enthusiastic about returning to the Library, and owe a great debt of gratitude to Bill Mischo for his outstanding leadership over the last year,” said Wilkin. “Ours is one of the finest libraries in the world, and Bill’s intelligence, hard work, and trustworthy partnership made sure we kept on course and I could attend to University-wide issues in the provost’s office. I want to thank Bill for all he did to help us through this period and to say that I’m looking forward to reconnecting with my Library friends.”