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F.T. Norton Calling for the revocation of Darrell Allison’s appointment as chancellor of Fayetteville State University, the school's Faculty Senate voted Friday to declare that the search for a chancellor had failed, and demanded that interim Chancellor Peggy Valentine be installed to the position.  The Faculty Senate, made up of elected representatives from all branches of the school, met in open session Friday to consider a number of resolutions concerning the growing controversy surrounding Allison’s recent appointment to the position.  Among the issues causing concern for the Facult...

A petition to revoke the selection of Fayetteville State University's newest chancellor continues to gain momentum, as the Faculty Senate expresses its displeasure with the process.

The mother-in-law of Fayetteville State University’s chancellor-elect served on the school’s Board of Trustees until the day before he was elected. Darrell T. Allison, who is scheduled to become chancellor at FSU on March 15, is facing questions about how he was chosen for the position. Some FSU alumni are opposing his selection. Brenda Timberlake, who was an FSU trustee and was still listed as one on the school website Wednesday afternoon, was asked during a telephone interview if she is Darrell Allison’s mother-in-law. “That’s true,” she said. A university spokesman released a...

Questions continue to swirl over the selection of Darrell Allison as the next chancellor of Fayetteville State University.

I changed my mind at least twice. I have always tried to be honest in whatever I write, and let the chips fall where they may.  Like many, I am not thrilled about the process in how Allison came to be chancellor. He resigned from the UNC Board of Governors in the fall, with three years remaining, and the same body chose him to lead FSU. The proceedings of a university search committee have been kept secret, but more than 60 other applicants applied for the job. One cannot help but wonder if any of them ever really had a chance.