Benjamin E. Sasse, who recently won the Republican nomination to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Nebraska, plans to resign as Midland University’s president at the end of the year. Mr. Sasse’s campaign has attracted the support of groups such as the Tea Party Express and prominent conservatives.
Mr. Sasse, who is seeking to fill the seat of Sen. Mike Johanns, a Republican who is retiring, intends to leave the institution whether or not he wins the general election, in November.
Sasse said he decided to submit his resignation now rather than wait until after November’s general election in order to provide an orderly transition for Midland University.“What I came to do on the turnaround project has been accomplished. Obviously there may be different plans in the works for me after November,” Sasse said. “There’s nothing presumptuous on my side about what happens in November, but whatever happens I don’t want Midland to be left in a situation where it has only six weeks to plan for a leadership change when college searches usually take a good six months.”
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