The Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees is expected to approve Jay Hartzell’s hiring Tuesday morning.

DALLAS – Southern Methodist University has named a new president. Jay Hartzell, currently president of the University of Texas at Austin, will assume the title effective June 1 after a unanimous decision by the university's board of trustees.

Hartzell has served as UT's president since 2020. Before then, he was the dean of the McCombs School of Business. SMU's Board of Trustees unanimously named Hartzell president, the school announced Tuesday morning.

Those conversations culminated Tuesday, when the SMU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name Hartzell the university’s next president. He will take over in June, capping the 30-year tenure of R. Gerald Turner.

UT Austin President Jay Hartzell is moving on to Southern Methodist University, where he will become president.This comes on the heels of several controversies

University of Texas Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving his position to become the next president of Southern Methodist University. He begin that position on June 1.

After spending more than two decades at The University of Texas at Austin, UT President Dr. Jay Hartzell will soon serve as the next president of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, SMU announced Tuesday.

Hartzell leaves UT-Austin after four years of tense political battles and legislative efforts to implement a more conservative vision of public higher ed.

University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell will step down from the flagship this spring to serve as the next leader of Southern Methodist University.

The University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell announced he would be leaving his position and taking a new role as president of Southern Methodist University.

UT Austin president Jay Hartzell has accepted a new job as president of Southern Methodist University starting this summer.