YSU’s Sweet will fulfil contract, end tenure on June 30, 2010.

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University President David C. Sweet has made it clear he intends to fulfill the terms of his current contract and end his tenure as president on June 30, 2010.

In a memo to the campus community, Sweet said he had intended to announce his plans publicly this summer but recent events and news reports prompted him to make the announcement now.

The university’s board of trustees recently sent Sweet a letter saying that there was no interest in renegotiating any terms of his current contract and that his job would end June 30, 2010.

The letter indicated Sweet had wanted to alter the contract to improve his pension position upon retirement, but the trustees refused.

There was no proposal from the president to extend the contract, said Scott R. Schulick, trustees chairman.

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