The student pledged his measure would make a statement against almost all non-athletics power brokers at the university.
Bortree serves as the associate dean of academic affairs of Bellisario College and will start as interim dean on June 15.
Schumacher-Cawley battled breast cancer for six months.
Penn State expects to lose $35.2 million from budget cuts this financial year.
Penn State students and Philadelphia Eagles fans "flooded the canyon" following the Super Bowl.