UC President Michael Drake listens to public speakers at the March 20, 2024 UC Regents meeting at the UCLA campus.
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University of California President Michael V. Drake will step down at the end of the upcoming academic year, closing out a five-year tenure in which he navigated the 10-campus system through the Covid-19 pandemic, enrollment growth, labor strife and campus protests.
Drake, 74, announced his plan in a letter Wednesday to the UC community.
“I am immensely proud of what our students, faculty, and staff have accomplished these past several years. You have weathered a global pandemic and historic natural disasters, dealt with international conflict and domestic political uncertainty, navigated the stresses and opportunities of daily life, all while making our University stronger, more resilient, more impactful, and more inclusive than ever before,” he…
