U-M Likely to Name New President Tomorrow
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
C'mon, Bando!
What kind of insecure, scared, desperate-for-attention university holds a press conference for a new president?
"The utter meaninglessness[of this] reminded me of an old episode of the sitcom M*A*S*H in which a dimwitted general sternly chastised reporters at a briefing for daring to seek information, applying the classic conundrum of “This is a press conference! The last thing I want to do is answer a lot of questions!”
http://www.freep.com/article/20140110/COL08/301100144/michigan-wolverin…
Your friend,
Drew
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
The perfect role for our friend Drew.
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
Yeah, but would Hoke hire him?
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:57 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^
No idea on her current status but I'm rooting for Teresa Sullivan. She was provost during my undergraduate days. Think she became president of U. of Virginia.
January 23rd, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
Sullivan is still at UVA and I liked her very much too and she was the first name that came to my mind last year. Its possible but there are two prevailing theories on why it won't be (a) she only left about three years ago, will she really want to make another move that quickly, particularly to a school of equal academic standing (b) she was supposedly being groomed to take over for Mary Sue and bailed on us and there are still a lot of high ups who were pissed off about that and wouldn't take her back.
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
I'm not sure I would call Michigan "more prestigious" than UVA. The two have pretty similar reputations.
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:31 PM ^
the UM is a far bigger and more powerful one.
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
UVA is a great school. But, from top to bottom, it does not compare. This is Michigan Fergodsakes!
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
I think the consensus is that Sullivan came out of that mess smelling like a rose. Insofar as that standoff was a PR war between Sullivan and the UVa board, Sullivan won. it actually might have helped her stock.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:01 AM ^
John Simon, Virginia Provost might be the choice. Apparently he showed a lot of leadership during the whole Sullivan dillema.
January 23rd, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
I believe there was a series of meetings on campus in the fall with students and staff alike about what was needed in the next President, or rather, the qualities that they would like to see. To that end, it will be interesting to see if the Board Of Regents took the results to heart in the next hire - very curious as to who it will be actually.
January 23rd, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
MLive implies that it might be about Black Student Union demands:
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
With all due respect to the BSU, I don't think their (kinda pompous even if well-intentioned) demands would be met with a Regents meeting. Regents are much above that and the BSU already has a meeting with the Provost tomorrow, as the article points out.
I'd be surprised to see the meeting about the BSU, but it would be encouraging to see the Regents taking that issue so seriously.
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^
A big decision that will have obvious repercussions on the football program. Interested to say the least - and surprised that this doesn't have more attention on the boards.
January 23rd, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
it's gonna be CWeb.
and once again he's gonna shock the world.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:09 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 1:19 AM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
Bet no one would mess with us with him at the helm.
January 24th, 2014 at 1:26 AM ^
Martha Pollack as new President