Mansbridge named chancellor of Mount Allison University

Peter Mansbridge, anchor of CBC’s The National, will become the chancellor of Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B, CBC News announced.

Mansbridge will officially take on the role in May and will hold the position until December 2013.

According to CBC News, Mansbridge has been associated with the school since he participated in a speaker series on campus in the 1980s.

He replaces Nova Scotia businessperson John Bragg.