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Alumni pen letter demanding YSU trustees take back Johnson job offer
A campus protest is planned for Monday at noon outside Tod Hall.
Saturday, November 18th 2023, 8:37 PM EST
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Congressman Bill Johnson
The fallout continues after YSU's board of trustees offered the president's job to Republican congressman Bill Johnson this past week. Saturday, several YSU alumni sent a letter to the trustees demanding they rescind the offer and conduct a new search.
They posted a lengthy letter on Facebook arguing that Johnson's policies as a congressman go against the university's diverse student population.
The letter calls for a presidential search "that involves the university at large, permitting input from faculty, staff, students and alumni".
A campus protest is planned for Monday at noon outside Tod Hall - where the president's offices are.
Johnson said in a short statement that he has not decided whether to accept the offer.
