The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/hunter-rawlings/page/2/)
A “number of faculty members” have shared their interest in promoting courses geared toward all Cornell undergraduates, regardless of college or major, Rawlings said.
“The administration oversees the operation of the University, making day to day decisions; the board has fiduciary responsibility,” Rawlings said. “But the faculty hold the primary responsibility, for matters related to education and research.”
Succeeding President Elizabeth Garrett, who died of colon cancer on March 6, Rawlings will assume office until the appointment of the University’s 14th president.
Kotlikoff has served as the University’s acting president since Feb. 19, after President Elizabeth Garrett took a leave of absence to undergo surgery for colon cancer.
President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III will return to the Hill once again to serve as interim president after he was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees Thursday. Rawlings will take the helm of the university on April 25, succeeding President Elizabeth Garrett after her death from colon cancer on March 6. Rawlings, 71, will serve until Cornell’s 14th president assumes office, with an international search to fill the position set to begin in the coming months, Board of Trustees Chair Robert Harrison ’76 said Thursday. As Cornell’s 10th president, Rawlings served from 1995 to 2003. This will be his second term as interim president, the first of which took place between 2005 and 2006 after President Emeritus Jeffrey Lehman ’77 resigned.