Feb 26
Rose-Hulman President to Resign
On Monday morning I got out of bed to get ready for my 9am class, went to check my email…and saw the rare “message from the president” email. Usually I’ll ignore actually reading my emails until later in the day when I’m able to function properly, but this called for action. I opened it and there was just an attachment, which turned out to be Dr. Jakubowski’s resignation later to the campus. All that it entailed was three short paragraphs stating his resignation and how great Rose-Hulman is and has treated him.
As expected, the chatter on campus for the rest of the day was about this email, and everyone wondering why he decided to leave on such a whim. Plenty of rumors went around about him getting into some sort of trouble, arguments with the board, etc…however none of these ever proved to be true or false. The very next morning another email was sent out by Dr. J, addressing the fact that his first email was well, “vague” at best. Included was his future plan, which is taking the position of provost at The California Maritime Academy starting this summer. I looked into this some and it appears that he’s downgrading on jobs with this move, so there has to be some underlying reason for the transfer, but I’m not sure if anyone will find that out.
Dr. Jakubowski has been the President at Rose-Hulman all three years I’ve been there, so it’s sad to see him go. He did a great job at running things on campus, being involved with athletics and events, and being genuinely excited about the college and community. There will most likely be a new president, if just a temporary one, announced later this year or in the summer.
