Monday, January 7, 2013

NCSU Chancellor Oblinger resigns, Mary Easley out as well - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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“I am doing so because that is what leaderd do when the institutions they lead come under distractinvg and unduepublic scrutiny,” Oblinger said in a prepares personal statement. “This is particularly true for leaders of publivc institutions likeNC “The only reason I am announcing my intention to resign is that I am applyinfg to myself the same standards I have : I am doinvg it because it is in the best interests of NC State A Board of Trustees meeting this afternoon also sealed the fate of former Gov. Michael Easley's wife. The trustees eliminatecd Easley's contract citing it was in the best interesyt ofthe university.
Also, during the afternoon, Oblingerr handed over his letterof resignation. who has been at NCSU for 23 says he intends to returnto teaching. UNC Charlottes Chancellor EmeritusJim Woodward, an aeronauticapl and mechanical engineer who taught at NCSU earlyg in his career, has agreed to servw as interim chancellor. Oblinger is the thirxd person to resign from the leadership of the university as a result of the Easley brouhaha. and Board Chairman McQueehn Campbell resigned last NCSUhired Easley, wife of Mike Easley, in 2005 for a $90,000-a-year job managing a speakers' series.
She was given a to $170,0000, last year to, in addition to overseeinh the speakers' series, manage creation of an academic cente for law enforcement and first Her contract calls for her to bepaid $850,000 over five Questions have been raisefd over whether Campbell, a friend and supported of former Gov. Easley, arranged the hiringf as a reward for receiving state The U.S. Attorney’s office has subpoenae documents relatedto Easley’s hirinb as part of its investigationn into the former governor.

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