Jay Hartzell will lead a vastly different campus environment at Southern Methodist University after leaving the University of Texas presidency.

Hartzell has served as the University of Texas’ 30th president since 2020, but has worked at the university since 2001 as a faculty member and former dean of the McCombs School of Business. His other notable jobs include senior associate dean for Academic Affairs,

Hartzell has been president of UT since 2020 but has worked at the university since 2001. He was previously dean of the McCombs School of Business at UT and studied real estate fi