Beloved University of Cincinnati President Santa J. Ono appears to be leaving UC to return home to his native Canada. Specifically the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (also his native city). Multiple sources have reported that Ono traveled to Vancouver over the weekend, and both UBC and UC have press conferences scheduled this afternoon.
Ono was a catalyst of so may things that multiple predecessors lacked the foresight to make happen, and the University of Cincinnati community will be forever grateful. This feels a little like when Brian Kelly left – it to see a great leader go, and maybe even makes you a little angry, but UC was indubitably better off having Ono at the helm from 2012-2016.