IUPUI Chancellor Plans To Step Down in August

Charles R. Bantz, who has guided the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus for more than a decade, announced Monday that he will step down as chancellor effective Aug. 15, 2015.

Bantz, 65, joined IUPUI as chancellor and IU vice president for long-range planning in 2003 and was named IU executive vice president in 2006. In August 2015, Bantz will begin a one-year leave before returning to IUPUI as a member of the faculty.

“IUPUI has flourished under Charles’ outstanding leadership and today is a vibrant urban university campus that plays a unique role in the lives of the students it serves,” said Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie in a statement.

Bantz, who joined IUPUI from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he was provost and senior vice president, has overseen significant growth in the number of students graduating from the IUPUI campus, which currently is home to nearly 31,000 students.