10TV<\/a> obtained a copy of Carter’s resignation letter submitted to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Saturday. Chairman John Zeiger accepted the resignation on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\nAn Ohio State spokesperson is expected to answer questions about Carter’s resignation at 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“The Board was surprised and disappointed to learn of this matter and takes the situation and its potential impact on the university very seriously. We respect your decision and appreciate your cooperation in supporting an orderly leadership transition,” Zeiger wrote in his response to Carter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to a release from the university, Carter told trustees that he had an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business and offered to resign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The board appreciates the president’s contributions to the university over the last two years,” Zeiger said.<\/p>\n
Ohio State University Spokesperson Ben Johnson said the board heard directly from someone outside the university about the situation. It’s unclear when the board heard from the person. Johnson said the board determined that the relationship was inappropriate.<\/p>\n
Ohio State said leaders will share additional information about the transition in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Carter was selected as Ohio State’s 17th president in 2023, succeeding Kristina Johnson, who resigned in November 2022. \u00a0He started his position on Jan. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n
Before coming to Ohio State, Carter served as president of the University of Nebraska System, where he oversaw four campuses of nearly 70,000 students, faculty and staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can read Carter\u2019s statement below:<\/p>\n
\u201cFor personal reasons, I have made the difficult decision to resign from my role as president of The Ohio State University. I disclosed to the board of trustees that I made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe we have made much progress during my time at Ohio State, and I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m not able to remain your president longer. The students, faculty and staff at this university are among the very best in the world, and the Education for Citizenship 2035 strategic plan has Ohio State poised to succeed for years to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have enjoyed a strong working relationship with the board of trustees, and I\u2019m grateful for their support and guidance.<\/p>\n
\u201cLynda and I leave Ohio State with gratitude and appreciation for this wonderful community. It has been an honor to serve as this university\u2019s 17th president, and we wish the university ongoing success.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is a developing story. Stay with 10TV for more updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. was selected as Ohio State’s president in 2023. COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2014 Ohio State President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-513364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}