Donde Plowman Chancellor appointment approved by Board of Trustees

The University of Tennessee announced the Board of Trustees approved Donde Plowman's appointment as Chancellor of the Knoxville campus on Friday morning.

Donde Plowman was selected as the new Knoxville Chancellor for UT a week prior to the announcement. She has been the vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Her first day will be July 1, 2019.

“The most important responsibility I have as the UT System interim president is to hire an outstanding person to lead our flagship campus in Knoxville. Under Donde’s leadership, I am looking forward to an exciting, successful and transformational future,” UT Interim President Randy Boyd said. “Her student-first approach, her reputation as a dynamic leader and collaborator and her great love for the UT Knoxville will be great assets as we work together to advance the university and the state of Tennessee for many years to come.”

Plowman served on the UT Knoxville faculty and led the management department in the Haslam College of Business, the release said.