1 - MeridianOMRebel
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Chancellor search down to eight....
The eight people who received interview invitations after the Sept. 19 IHL board meeting are:
Michael Benson, president of Eastern Kentucky University since 2013
Kelly Damphousse, chancellor of Arkansas State University since 2017
Sharon Gaber, president of the University of Toledo since 2015
Bill Hardgrave, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Auburn since 2018
Chris Howard, president of Robert Morris University since 2016
Cal Mayo, founding partner of Mayo Mallette PLLC in Oxford
Robert Robbins, president of the University of Arizona since 2017
Fred Slabach, president of Texas Wesleyan University since 2011
- Themob
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Re: Chancellor search down to eight....
What does anyone know about Chris Howard?
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So Barksdale didn't develop?
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Re: Chancellor search down to eight....
I don't know anything about any of them, but I can just imagine a ton of "change-olemiss" in that group. I vote for anyone who loves Ole Miss to get the job... 
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Re: Chancellor search down to eight....
I hope its Robbins. I'm sure Richrod will agree. 😊
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Pray tell me why Cal Mayo is on the list. Why does being an alum and a lawyer qualify you to run a university? Didn't he represent Nutt when he sued the school?
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Re: Chancellor search down to eight....
I decided to check Twitter to see about their personalities.
Michael Benson (EKU) - Seems like he is athletics minded and loves to promote his university. He seems to have vision.
Kelly Damphousse (Ark St) - He was born a Canadian. That's a red flag for me considering he probably leans left and will not understand the culture of the deep south and will try to "fix" it. That being said, his Twitter account showed nothing to lead to this but I have known plenty of Canadians that have that mindset. He does seem athletics minded and loves to promote ASU.
Dr. Sharon Graber (Toldeo) - She does not have a Twitter account from what I can tell but a Google search showed that she seems pretty liberal. Her main focus is on diversity. She put in place a VP of Diversity at Toledo.
Bill Hardgrave (Auburn) - He seems like a very business-minded person. I can't find any political lean one way or the other. I like that.
Chris Howard (Robert Morris) - Former Football player at the Airforce Academy, he seems like he is very student focused. He definitely leans left.
Cal Mayo (Mayo Mallette PLLC in Oxford) - He's a lawyer and looks to be a good one. He is very influential in Ole Miss, being part of the search committees for AD (2012) and Chancellor (2009). He is a member of the UM Foundation Board and the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation Board.
Robert Robbins (Arizona) - Seems like a run of the mill university president. He seems to lean left as he was consistently tweeting about Latinos and even retweeted an article supporting Black Lives Matter.
Fred Slabach (Texas Wesleyan) - He came in and fired some long time coaches, however, he is connected to the Democrat party by the Clintons so that's going to be a hard "no" for me.
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Re: Chancellor search down to eight....
Ellisvillereb wrote:
I hope its Robbins. I'm sure Richrod will agree. 😊
I'm rooting for Benson or Hardgrave. I would take Mayo over the rest too. The others seem to be left leaning so screw that.
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Didn't know Robbins was that liberal. How anybody could sympathize with Black lives matter is lunacy. Thanks for that heads up.
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I am tired of chancellors folding to emotionally fragile kids who can be easily manipulated. We need to run a university that is trying to build up and actually help ready kids for the real world.
That why Howard is intriguing