{"id":86,"date":"2020-04-15T19:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:30:05","slug":"nancy-cantor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/nancy-cantor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Cantor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nancy Cantor<\/h1>\n\n

Term of Office:<\/b> August 2004 – December 2013\n
Inauguration Date:<\/b> 5 November 2004\n<\/p>\n\n

Nancy Cantor was selected by the Board of Trustees as Syracuse University\u2019s eleventh Chancellor and President on 7 February 2004. She was the first woman to hold the office. Cantor\u2019s administration saw the creation of the Scholarship in Action initiative and community partnerships such as the Connective Corridor. \u201cEliminating the physical and cultural barriers that have traditionally separated our university and our city can make a world of difference in how we, as a community, see ourselves,\u201d Cantor stated. Her dedication to diversity and inclusion and to sustainability issues characterized many aspects of her administration. In 2006 she presented the Syracuse 8 with the Chancellor\u2019s Medal for Courage in recognition of their 1970 boycott of racist practices within the football program. During Cantor\u2019s tenure the University also made strides towards becoming a more sustainable campus by signing the American College & University Climate Commitment. Under her leadership, the University reached a billion-dollar fundraising goal with the Campaign for Syracuse University. Cantor resigned in 2013 to become Chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark. Additional information about Chancellor Cantor\u2019s tenure is available in the Archives\u2019 Chancellor Nancy Cantor Records<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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