Steve Kmetko is leaving the confines of E! for the more riveting realm of … academia. The openly gay (because that’s always important to mention!) news anchor has been with the network for something like a decade, where he came over after an 11-year stint at KCBS in Los Angeles. Now he’s taken up an invitation from alma mater Columbia College in Chicago to begin teaching in the school’s television department.

Because when you try and fail to hit on Mark Malkin, the only logical recourse is to hit up the new batch of frosh.