Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital, the president of Cheyney University, has announced an unexpected retirement effective by the end of July.
Howard-Vital, who has been Cheyney’s president for the last seven years, abruptly said Thursday that she would officially be retiring on July 31 from her post at the 177 year-old historically black university located about 25 miles outside Philadelphia.
The news comes a month before current and new Cheyney students are scheduled to return to campus.
