Kerry Walk

Kerry Walk was the fifth president of University of the Arts in Philadelphia from 2023 to 2024 and president of Marymount Manhattan College from 2015 to 2023.

Kerry Walk
5th President of University of the Arts
In office
August 1, 2023 – June 4, 2024
Preceded byDavid Yager
Personal details
EducationWellesley College (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)

Career

Walk held staff positions at Harvard University, Princeton University, and Pitzer College.

She served as provost at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles from 2011 to 2014, and interim President from 2014 to 2015.[1]

From 2015 to 2023, Walk was the president of Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.[2][3]

University of the Arts

In April 2023, Walk was appointed President of the University of the Arts, beginning her tenure in August 2023.[4] Less than a year later, on May 31, 2024, President Walk announced the closing of UArts on June 7, 2024, with less than a week's notice.[5] She announced her resignation shortly thereafter on June 4, 2024 after dodging questions from students and faculty. [6]

References
  1. "History and Timeline". Otis College of Art and Design. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  2. "Kerry Walk, Ph.D., Takes Office as President of Marymount Manhattan College, July 1, 2015". www.mmm.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. "MMC President Kerry Walk to Step Down in June". www.mmm.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  4. "University of the Arts has a new president: Kerry Walk has led a New York City college for 8 years".
  5. https://www.uarts.edu/closing
  6. https://www.inquirer.com/education/uarts-philadelphia-president-kerry-walk-resignation-20240604.html


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