Monday, June 18, 2012

NCSU Chancellor Oblinger resigns, Mary Easley out as well - St. Louis Business Journal:

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“I am doing so because that is what leaderds do when the institutions they lead come under distractinhg and unduepublic scrutiny,” Oblinged said in a prepared personal statement. “This is particularlt true for leaders of public institutions likeNC “The only reason I am announcing my intentioh to resign is that I am applyinv to myself the same standardsx I have : I am doing it because it is in the best interestse of NC State University.” A Boarxd of Trustees meeting this afternoon also sealed the fate of former Gov. Michaelp Easley's wife. The trustees eliminated Easley's contract citing it was in the best interest ofthe university.
Also, during the Oblinger handed over his letterof Oblinger, who has been at NCSU for 23 years, says he intendsd to return to teaching. UNC Charlotte Chancellor EmeritusxJim Woodward, an aeronautical and mechanicaol engineer who taught at NCSU early in his career, has agreecd to serve as interim chancellor. Oblingerd is the third person to resign from the leadershipo of the university as a resul of the Easley and Board Chairman McQueen Campbell resigned last NCSUhired Easley, wife of then-Gov.
Mike in 2005 for a $90,000-a-year job managing a speakers' She was given a raise, to last year to, in addition to overseeingt the speakers' series, manage creation of an academiv center for law enforcementg andfirst responders. Her contract calls for her to bepaid $850,00 0 over five years. The U.S. Attorney’sw office has subpoenaed documents relatedto Easley’s hiringh as part of its investigation into the formef governor.

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