As with all UNC System chancellors, Allison’s contract provides him the use of a car and residence in addition to his $285,000 per year salary. Allison will officially take the school’s top leadership post on March 15, but Interim Chancellor Dr. Peggy Valentine will need to move out of the house the school keeps for the school’s chancellor before Allison and his family can take residence. Time is also needed to make any repairs or renovations, Vice Chancellor for for Business and Finance Carlton Spellman told board members Tuesday.
Fayetteville State University Chancellor-elect Darrell Allison.
“We anticipate that will be somewhere between 90 days and we just want to give ourselves a bit of a buffer and we’re doing everything we can to facilitate a smooth transition between Interim Chancellor Valentine and Chancellor-elect Allison,” Spellman said in the remote meeting.
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Editor s note: This story has been updated to include the title of Dr. Algeania Warren Freeman and to clarify the organizers of Monday s protest said they protesting the process more than the person who University of North Carolina s Board of Governors selected to lead Fayetteville State University.
A week before a new chancellor is scheduled to start at Fayetteville State University, more than 25 of the school s alumni marched to protest how he was selected.
Darrell Allison was elected by the University of North Carolina System board of governors to become the 12th chancellor to serve Fayetteville’s historically Black university. He starts next Monday.
Fayetteville State University Chancellor-elect Darrell Allison has pushed back against rumors the school would change its name to the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville.
In a Wednesday interview, he said it would not be something he would support unless it came from “internal” stakeholders the Bronco alumni, students and faculty.
“I am an HBCU graduate,” said Allison, who completed his undergraduate work at N.C. Central University in Durham.
He added, “A proud graduate of an HBCU,” placing emphasis on the word “proud.”
Allison said if a name change were to be pushed on FSU by external forces, “I will quickly go put on my jogging pants, my boots and I will be on the front lines to actively resist that effort.”
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Darrell Allison, a 1990 graduate of A.L. Brown High School, has been named the 12th chancellor of Fayetteville State University, the school announced in a news release.
Allison has been serving the University of North Carolina Board of Governors since 2017 after being nominated by UNC System President Peter Hans. He is currently the vice president of governmental affairs and state teams at the American Federation for Children.
âDarrell Allison is a creative leader who understands the value of Fayetteville State University to the community, the region, and the state,â Hans said in a news release.
He continued: âDarrellâs expansive career in education and service to the UNC System has been important to this state, and especially our HBCUs. He brings with him a proven track record for student advocacy and a reputation for fostering partnerships that can further this universityâs strategic goals. Through his leadership of the Ra