{"id":6260,"date":"2025-10-16T06:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6260\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:24:12","slug":"chancellor-optimistic-about-the-future-of-texas-am-amid-presidential-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6260\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor optimistic about the future of Texas A&M amid presidential transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) \u2014 Glenn Hegar, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, is looking ahead with optimism as Texas A&M University navigates a leadership transition following the departure of its former president.<\/p>\n

“While times like these are tough, and we’ve had many of them in our history, I know that we are going to get down this valley and get to the op side and be in a much better position than we’ve been before,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

Watch the full story here:<\/p>\n

Chancellor Glenn Hegar discusses presidential transition at Texas A&M and search for permanent leader<\/p>\n

Two weeks after former President Mark Welsh resigned on September 19, 2025<\/a>, Tommy Williams was named interim president of one of the nation’s largest universities.<\/p>\n

“We’ve hit the ground running. He and I talk every single day. He is moving forward with very full days each single day,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

Williams brings both Aggie credentials and extensive public service experience to the role.<\/p>\n

“Tommy is somebody who has worked here at The Texas A&M University System, who is very tied into the Aggie network. He has connections, has worked for the governor. Obviously, he was a state senator, a state representative, very tied into the political scene in Austin, the legislative process. And so to me, Tommy checked a lot of different boxes,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

\"Chancellor<\/p>\n

The Texas A&M University System<\/p>\n

Tommy Williams was appointed as the interim president at Texas A&M University on October 3, 2025.<\/p>\n

With an interim president now in place<\/a>, some of the focus shifts to the search for a permanent leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have announced the search firm [and] we’ve announced the search team to show that we’re beginning that work now very methodically as we move forward in the process to find the next permanent president,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

15 ABC asked Hegar if having ties to Texas A&M, like Williams does, would be something they look for in the next permanent president.<\/p>\n

“It’s wide open to everybody, trying to find the right person that fits the culture, fits the vision of where Texas A&M University is going into the future and making sure whoever that person is \u2014 a ring or no ring \u2014 we want the right person. That’s the most important part,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

\"Chancellor<\/p>\n

Tyler Dupnick<\/p>\n

Tyler Dupnick of 15 ABC sits down to chat with Chancellor Glenn Hegar of The Texas A&M University System.<\/p>\n

Hegar tells 15 ABC that students will be involved in the search process for the permanent president, and expressed how they have eased the transition period.<\/p>\n

“As Aggies always do, we’re optimistic, we’re hopeful, and we’re looking to the future,” Hegar said.<\/p>\n

\"Chancellor<\/p>\n

Tyler Dupnick<\/p>\n

Students walk around Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on October 15, 2025.<\/p>\n

Hegar added that one of his top priorities is ensuring the next president has long-lasting power to provide stability for the university.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, October 16, 15 ABC will talk with Williams for the first time since he was appointed interim president.<\/p>\n

This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) \u2014 Glenn Hegar, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, is looking ahead with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2042,6331,6332,819,2046,2047,251,6333,223,4419,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-6260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-25-news","tag-aggie-network","tag-glenn-hegar","tag-in-your-neighborhood","tag-krhd","tag-kxxv","tag-local-news","tag-mark-welsh","tag-news","tag-scripps-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6260","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=6260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}