Governor-elect Tim Walz sends congratulations to Joan Gabel, saying he’s “certainly excited” to work with the next president of the University of Minnesota. Walz says, “I’m gonna name it:… We have a female president of the University of Minnesota, and… that in itself with the accomplishments that are there. Our goal is that people want… to serve the people of Minnesota and I think seeing an accomplished provost from South Carolina decide that this was the place to go is encouraging.”
Walz calls relationships between his administration and the U-of-M president “incredibly important.”
His comments from Tuesday afternoon: