The roots of Case Western Reserve University date back to 1826, but its footprint today as one of the nation’s leading research university owes a great deal to the 1967 federation of Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology, and the subsequent merger of three undergraduate colleges into one.
Today CWRU, or Case as it is known to many, will acknowledge that history as it inaugurates its 11th president, Eric W. Kaler. Today’s ceremony — which can be livestreamed by registering online — will begin at 4p. The inauguration makes official the post Kaler has held since July.
Kaler follows the 13-year tenure of Barbara R. Snyder, who in 2007 became the university’s first woman president and in her first year eliminated the university’s $20 million deficit. By the time she stepped down in 2020, the university had completed a $1.82 billion capital campaign; more than tripled undergraduate applications and dramatically increased the academic quality of entering classes, and saw completion of multiple major capital projects. She left to become president of the Association of American Universities.
Learn more about President Kaler at case.edu/president.
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