Interim UF President Kent Fuchs agrees to one-month extension

Jul 29, 2025 2:13 pm
UF President Kent Fuchs
Interim UF President Kent Fuchs agreed to a one-month contract extension that will keep him in the role until Sept. 1.
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Interim University of Florida President Kent Fuchs has agreed to a one-month contract extension that will keep him in the role until Sept. 1. 

Fuchs’ current contract was set to end July 31. UF spokesperson Steve Orlando told Mainstreet that UF intends to name a new interim president by Sept. 1. He said the university plans to launch a new presidential search “somewhere in the first quarter of 2026.” 

Fuchs served as UF’s 12th president from 2015-2023, helping lead the university into the ranks of the nation’s best public universities. He assumed the role of interim president in August 2024 after the sudden resignation of President Ben Sasse.  

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In October 2024, UF announced a 14-person presidential search committee that would help identify candidates for the university’s 14th president.  

That search process led to then-University of Michigan President Dr. Santa J. Ono being announced as the lone finalist for the position in May.  

After unanimous support from the UF Board of Trustees, Ono was rejected in a 10-6 vote by the Florida Board of Governors in June. 

Nick Anschultz is a Report for America corps member and writes about education for Mainstreet Daily News.     

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    Before joining Mainstreet Daily News to cover K-12 and higher education, Nick spent three and a half years at the Levy Citizen, where he served as the newspaper’s Editor/Reporter. In that role, Nick covered everything from government and education to sports and local events. He discovered his passion for journalism while attending the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2021. When he is not typing words on his keyboard, you can usually find Anschultz watching sports – especially his Florida Gators – fishing, or spending time with friends and family.

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