Here’s what to know about UArts president Kerry Walk, who has resigned from the university

less than a year ago from Marymount Manhattan College, a 1,625-student private school on New York City’s Upper East Side.On May 29, her former school announced it was merging with Northeastern University, becoming the 14th worldwide campus for the private Boston-based institution.

“We will have a small team wind down our operations and more importantly ensure our students are on a pathway to complete their degrees at our partner institutions and also to ensure we are able to support our faculty and staff through this difficult, indeed devastating, transition,” Walk said in an interview Friday. “We find ourselves in this heartbreaking situation that is unimaginable to all of us and extremely difficult for all of us who love this very, very special university community.

“What I love about Philadelphia is that it is a world-class city, but small enough where everyone at a place like University of the Arts can make a difference, can have an impact,” said Walk at the time,. “That’s very, very exciting. It’s not as easy to do that in New York. It’s a much bigger place.”

Like other local schools, UArts was experiencing a dip in enrollment when Walk started, enrolling 1,313 students last fall, down from about 1,530 in 2020.

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