{"id":468397,"date":"2026-10-17T01:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468397\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T01:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:58:19","slug":"ollu-president-abel-chavez-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2026-university-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468397\/","title":{"rendered":"OLLU President Abel Ch\u00e1vez to step down at the end of 2026, university says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Our Lady of the Lake University President Abel Ch\u00e1vez will step down at the end of this year, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The OLLU Board of Trustees announced Friday that it accepted Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s resignation, effective Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThe Board respects Dr. Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s decision and expresses its gratitude for his service and wishes him success in his future endeavors,\u201d said Board Chair Steve O\u2019Donnell. \u201cOur priority is to ensure continuity of leadership and maintain our focus on the organization\u2019s strategic objectives and our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Ch\u00e1vez joined the university in July 2022, making him the 10th university president. The release states he was also the first Latino to lead the university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">During his tenure, Ch\u00e1vez led OLLU through \u201ctremendous change,\u201d including reshaping its academic offerings and stabilizing its finances, the university said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Undergraduate retention rose to 68%, and the university launched Lake Express \u2014 the first three-year bachelor\u2019s degree program in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The board plans to name an interim president \u201cshortly\u201d and conduct a national presidential search soon, the release states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Read also: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Our Lady of the Lake University President Abel Ch\u00e1vez will step down at the end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[163,89025,58458,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-468397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-education","tag-ollu","tag-our-lady-of-the-lake-university","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}