COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) - Texas A&M Chancellor Glenn Hegar has announced an acting president of the university.

Hegar released a statement on Friday afternoon saying that Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. James Hallmark is going to be acting president. This comes after General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III informed Hegar that he would step down from his role as president.

"I want to thank him for his dedicated service to our beloved university and the nation," Hegar said in the statement. "General Welsh is a man of honor, character, and integrity. We should all thank him for his long career of leadership."

Hegar says an interim president will be named shortly, and that the work of faculty, staff, and students continues without interruption.

Welsh's departure follows the contr

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