After dedicating 37 years of her life to Marian University, President Majewski is finally ready to retire. She was a first-generation college student who ended up earning a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology and served as the President for 4 years.
Along with being president of the Institution, Majewski has held various positions at Marian such as being the Founding Dean of the School of Criminal Justice and serving on the Board of Trustees. She briefly retired in 2018 for a year and came back as president three weeks after the University shut down due to COVID-19.
As far as reasons for her retirement, President Majewski keeps it simple. “I turned 72,” she said, adding that she plans on spending more time with her husband and son as well as other close friends and family.
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, she faced a new reality and tried her absolute best to ensure the safety of students and faculty members while figuring out her newly appointed position. “How do we plan for the next year knowing that the pandemic was just not going away,” she said. “There was all that plus learning all the things that you have to know when you are the president of a University.”
She has seen many changes throughout those 37 years at the college. “Being the president of a University is much like being the mayor of a city,” she said. She dealt with students on and off campus, faculty, donors, personnel issues, managing athletics, student issues and facilities. “Having been here 37 years I have a lot invested emotionally in this institution and want to see it be here for another 87 years.”
The president-elect is scheduled to start his presidency on June 1, 2024.
“I know my replacement is awesome and will be phenomenal,” she said.
There will be a lot of lasts for President Majewski as she takes on the remainder of her last year at Marian. This will be her last Graduation ceremony as president of this Institution as well as many other things. In three words, she said her time at Marian has been “joyful. It has been changing, and it has been intellectually stimulating.”
She said she definitely has words of advice for future leaders. “You have to be a good listener, you have to be willing to make tough decisions, but you have to do it with heart and compassion,” she said. “We think about the students here at Marian.”
