Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor has left her mark on Syracuse.
Conspicuous community outreach efforts --- including the Say Yes to Education program in the city’s
schools, the Southside Partnerships, the Near West Side Initiative and Connective
Corridor --- have had ups and
downs and attracted supporters and critics with a surprising amount of passion. As Cantor departs to
head Rutgers University/Newark in New Jersey and new SU chancellor Kent Syverud
prepares to take his own place here, those programs are still spinning out
impacts in the community. Many of the people linked to
these programs are wondering: Will Syverud give his
blessing to Scholarship in Action or will the focus return to building up the
university’s clout and influence within its walls and in the far-flung power
centers in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere?
This story by Walt Wasilewski in Dec. 11, 2013, edition of The Syracuse New Times tells the tale:
