University of Georgia Provost Benjamin C. Ayers will be Clemson University’s next president.
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The Clemson University Board of Trustees has selected University of Georgia Provost Benjamin C. Ayers as Clemson’s next president.
Thursday’s voice vote to hire Ayers came just days after Kevin Guskiewicz announced he wouldn’t take the job but would instead stay on as president of Michigan State University. Clemson named Guskiewicz as president on May 27, and he visited campus in June before reversing course.
Ayers will start Aug. 1 at a base salary of $1 million. If he gets good performance reviews, that will increase to at least $1.2 million by the fifth and final year of his contract, according to a “term sheet” Clemson provided. The document also says he’s eligible to receive $1.2 million total over the five years in deferred compensation.
