LSU board poised to select next president
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Members of the LSU Board of Supervisors have concluded their day of interviews with the three finalists for university president and are meeting at this hour to discuss whether to offer the position to University of Louisiana System President Jim Henderson, meteorologist and former White House adviser Kelvin Droegemeier or University of South Carolina Provost William Tate.
Each candidate was questioned by the board for more than 90 minutes today in interviews that were streamed live and followed two days of meetings, group interviews and after-hours cocktail gatherings with the candidates and key stakeholders.
Interim President Thomas Galligan gave an update on the Universityâs progress on reforming Title IX procedures Thursday, and answered other questions students have raised on campus.
âWe have to train, train, train,â Galligan said. âBecause empathy, culture shift, increased sensitivity, is going to come from awareness and knowledge.â
Galligan said since the Husch Blackwell report was released, the University has looked at the 18 recommendations and plans to implement all of them.
âWe now have the 18 recommendations and an action plan that has 47 action items on it and weâre through a third of them,â Galligan said.
As for further sanctions against employees mentioned in the Husch Blackwell report, Galligan said there are âpeople who are definitely being looked at.â
Lee Mallett, LSU Board of Supervisors Member
LSU Board of Supervisors member Lee Mallett is calling for the university to cut ties with legal counsel Taylor Porter. He said their advice to a small group of university leaders to keep the board in the dark about the alleged sexual misconduct of former coach Les Miles, is the core of the school’s coverup.
“The only party left that was involved in that in my opinion is the attorneys and I think that that’s terrible advice to tell them not to report this to the board, the board should have been told about it,” said Mallett.
Larry Bankston representing Bernhard group in challenge over LSU deal
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The complaint filed Monday by Louisiana Energy Partners challenging competitor Enwave Energy’s eligibility to bid on a lucrative energy services contract at LSU because the Canadian company does not have a Louisiana contractor’s license recalls a similar procurement challenge over licensing issues that temporarily derailed the state’s flood recovery program in 2017.
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