After serving as USF St. Petersburg’s regional vice chancellor of student affairs for less than a year, Dr. Han Reichgelt has officially resigned.
On Feb. 27, Reichgelt sent a letter of resignation to Regional Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska.
“I am no longer confident that I can serve you and this wonderful institution with the level of quality that you and the institution deserve,” Reichgelt said.
Wisniewska accepted his letter a few hours later, and in her announcement to the faculty and staff she said that “this resignation is effective immediately.”
In her acceptance of Reichgelt’s resignation, Wisniewska said Reichgelt would complete an off-campus faculty appointment through the Kate Tiedemann college of business, where he will participate in training “as identified by the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity.”
No additional information has been released to explain Reichgelt’s resignation from the university’s leadership staff. He told The Crow’s Nest he has no further comments other than what was stated in his letter of resignation.
“As a practice, the university does not discuss personnel issues,” said Jessica Blais, USFSP’s communications director. “We will keep the community posted on the hiring process for the regional vice chancellor of academic affairs as we move forward.”
Reichgelt joined USFSP in late July after spending seven years serving as the dean of the school of computing and software engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University in Georgia.
Wisniewska included in her announcement that Dr. Mark Durand will be serving as interim regional vice chancellor of academic affairs.
Durand, who is currently working as a psychology professor at USFSP, said he had no part in the resignation. He was asked to fill in, and he accepted the offer.
“Having served as the regional vice chancellor for academic affairs from 2005 to 2007, it is exciting to see how USF St. Petersburg has grown in such positive ways,” Durand said. “I am pleased to be joining a great team and am eager to help guide the implementation of the university’s strategic goals.”
