Seton Hall president stepping down after troubled year at university

The president of Seton Hall University is stepping down and an interim president will take over the Catholic university, school officials announced Monday., will take a year-long sabbatical before formally relinquishing the top job and segueing into a new role as a senior adviser to the private university, according to a statement shared with the campus community.following a university investigation into “irregular financial transactions” at the law school in Newark.

“In the coming months, the University will complete its three-year strategic plan, Harvest Our Treasures, which has elevated Seton Hall to greater eminence in Catholic higher education,” Nyre said in his message. An interim president will be named “shortly,” D’Alessandro said in his statement to the campus community.

Nyre was president of Iona College in New York, now known as Iona University, prior to becoming Seton Hall’s president in 2019.

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