Remember the protest being about an unfair presidential search. When did the new PSC pick Davila as our next pres.

Davila is simply another puppet for the Board.

Where did all the people who protested the search of JKF?

In a follow-up to ML’s comment about Bassett Furniture: most of the furniture (dorms and facilities) at Gallaudet in the late 1980s and early 1990s were from Bassett. Getting the furniture for Gallaudet at cheap, discount prices was a sweetheart deal. Hence Jane Spilman being the chair of the BoT at the time. *wink-wink*

ML, I had to recall the exact years, and I was off by two years, like you said.

I never got over the irony of Spillman luring Lee away from Gallaudet, but he was more than ready to leave.

In fact, Dr. Lee was willing to commit for only 12 to 18 months, but like you said, the board wanted him to stay longer. He did stay longer than he intended to.

Another interesting aspect about Dr. Lee was that he left Gallaudet to become a VP at Bassett Furniture, a company that was owned by (BoT chair) Jane Spilman’s husband. It’s kind of odd to see how the board wanted him to stay, yet he left to work for the BoT chair’s husband, isn’t it?

I’m going off on a tangent here, but since I don’t recall this being mentioned during the recent protest, I would like to mention that I also thought it was interesting that in search of Dr. Lee’s replacement, there was a deadline for applications in October 1987, and the board whittled the pool down to 6 candidates by mid-January 1988. We all know that the final selection was made in March 1988, so it took them at least 4 months to pare down the candidates (and six weeks to make the appointment from a pool of 6 semifinalists) before making the infamous announcement of Dr. Zinser as the 7th president. In contrast, the recent search process saw applications sent in by March 31 and the announcement made on May 1, a duration of only 31 days.

“I can see why they did it but I regret some of the outcomes.” “The way the previous choice was nmade was wrong, but I wish the students had been able to choose another way of doing it instead of a protest.” “I do not agree with the students in any way and think they were entirely in the wrong.”

ALL of these things can be said as “The protest was a mistake.”

Again, I might be cutting him too much slack, but I’m prepared to believe that his use of the word is more along the lines of the first or second impressions, and not the third.

Davila seems to be doing what Jordan refuses to do — not take things personally, remember at all times that he is an administrator and must act the part. Jordan is acting like a spioled kid who has to get in the last word; he plainly values getting in the last word over the social health of the university, which is alarming. Davila seems MUCH, MUCH more in control of himself and mature. Again, maybe I’m cutting him too much slack, but I’d really take a wait-and-see approach with him. He’s got amazing potential; I’ve NEVER seen a university president actually participating in a weekly v/blog and hosting talks where issues of immediate concern to the student body are addressed then and there. Never. That’s entirely unique in my experience. However he may phrase his opinion of the protest, he plainly is willing to keep communication lines open enough that another protest will not even be necessary. *crosses fingers*

Come on, Bob. Earn my confidence …

At that time when Zinser was appointed, there was no President as Dr Lee had already resigned and she was to start in three months. In the light of the protest with no leadership, she decided to move up the three months and took the reins of the presidency for few days until she resigned.

Since Dr Jordan’s resignation was effective in Dec., Dr Fernandes’ term never started because her contract was terminated while Dr Jordan was still the president.

Interim means taking place of the actual president. I assume that Davila took over Dr. Jordan for the time being.
Dr. Zinser never took an oath yet called her the Gallaudet president for only five days.

Hey again, When Jane Fernandes was chosen, then she should be called 9th president. Her contract was expired. Davila replaced her as interim president. Whoever will run Gallaudet should be 10th president????? If this is not the case, then we have to go back to the past…Zinser should not be 7th president because she did not take an oath. Then Jordan was 7th president…
Boy, I make all of you confused.

Sorry!

I still do not see any sense in any way.

Jane Fernandes should be called as 9th president

after Board of the Trustees appointed her.

Yes, the top priorities are MSA and nominations for BoT.

The main points of focus right now are the MSA and the new provost.