MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders have chosen a Minnesota State University, Mankato official who specializes in student success as the next chancellor at UW-Parkside. The regents tapped Lynn Akey on Tuesday to serve as the seventh chancellor at Parkside, located in Kenosha. She replaces Debbie Ford, who left the school earlier this year to serve as chancellor at Indiana University Southeast. Akey is set to assume her new position at Parkside on Jan. 2. She will make $265,000 annually. Akey has served as vice president for student success, analytics and integrated planning at Mankato since 2019.
