The former Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Penn State's College of Engineering, Schwartz will overtake the provost position and be responsible for all academic units within each college, school, and campus.
Along with Penn State Forward running mates Uma Moriarity and Ali Krieger, Kuritzky’s focus will center around four pillars: climate action, equity, governance reform, and worker’s rights.
"I think that general concept of creating impact, that's super important to me."
Alumni have until 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 4, to cast their vote.
No speaker has publicly been confirmed, nor has a time or date.
The alumni group gathered more than 350 petition signatures to dissent the proposal but the $225,000 slash is irreversible.