Fort Wayne campus chancellor plans to retire by year's end

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - The chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne who has helped prepare for a realignment program that will govern the school's future plans to retire by the end of the year.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced Wednesday that Vicky Carwein, who has held the job since 2012, will step down.

Carwein says in an email to campus there will be a "bright and prosperous future" for the school.

Daniels notes Carwein has overseen a multi-year effort to turn a $12 million deficit into a balanced budget and helped prepare for a realignment planned for 2018 that will split the school.

A search committee will be appointed with the goal of having a new chancellor in place at the beginning or soon after the start of the 2017-18 academic year.