Jindal names new members to Southern University System board

[MetroPhillyTiger]

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11278213-123/jindal-names-appointees-to-southern

Gov. Bobby Jindal dealt a diverse hand to Southern University on Wednesday, naming five new appointees to the system’s Board of Supervisors. Among them are a central Louisiana businessman, a former prosecutor who is making a return to the board, a mechanical engineer, a specialist at an alumina refinery and a doctor who dabbles in hip-hop.

It remains to be seen what the new members will mean for the cash-strapped historically black university system’s search for a new president, which had been put on hold pending Jindal’s decision on filling the five vacancies that came open Jan. 1.

The Board of Supervisors will meet Friday and is expected to discuss the presidential search.

The old board voted 9-4 against extending President Ronald Mason Jr.’s contract beyond its June 30 expiration date. The members, whose terms expired Dec. 31 either voted against Mason’s extension or were absent. Jindal could have reappointed any of the outgoing members, but the five named late Wednesday are all new faces.

The new appointees are:
Gaines and Company Inc. CEO Curman Gaines, of Alexandria, who previously served as executive director of the Central Louisiana Business Incubator

Donald Ray Henry, of Donaldsonville, a Noranda Alumina technical specialist

Manitowoc Company senior mechanical engineer Richard Hilliard, of Shreveport

Voorhies & Labbé attorney Pat Magee, of Lafayette, who was formerly assistant district attorney for the 15th Judicial District and served on the Southern board from 2008 to 2012

Dr. Rani Whitfield, a Baton Rouge doctor and health advocate known as “Tha Hip-Hop Doc.â€


Members whose terms expired Dec. 31 were Darren Mire, of New Orleans; Walter Dumas and Murphy Bell, of Baton Rouge; Myron Lawson, of Alexandria; and the board’s past chairwoman, Bridget Dinvaut, of LaPlace.

Mire was absent the day that the board voted against Mason’s contract extension. The rest of the former members voted against Mason.

Mason said he wouldn’t have accepted a contract extension and didn’t want one because the board didn’t agree to a list of demands that would have given him more power to work on a strategy for Southern’s future.

 

[MetroPhillyTiger]

http://www.jbhe.com/2014/09/president-ronald-mason-on-the-way-out-at-southern-university/

In June, Dr. Mason detailed a list of demands that he said would be needed for him to continue on as system president. His plan called for a reorganization of the system structure so that the main campus at Baton Rouge would be under the control of the system’s president office. Dr. Mason claimed the plan would save $2 million. Dr. Mason also wanted a commitment from the board to an effort to transform Southern University into one of the best five HBCUs in the country and to raise its academic standing to be among the 200 best public universities in the nation within seven years

 

[JAG89]

Is this about Dr. Mason or Jindal's naming the new members for SU System Board. The faculty senate has already given Dr. Mason a vote of no confidence and he is on his way. Jindal names new members to the board, which were recommended by other elected officials in the State. All Boards in the State will have new faces.

http://theadvocate.com/news/11278213-123/jindal-names-new-members-to

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/bobby_jindal_appoints_four_new.html

 

[JAG89]

I believe this is the article is the one about Dr. Mason being the President and interim Chancellor of the SUBR campus.

http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/01/southern_university_to_conside.html

 

[jsupop33]

Serious question,
I know Jindal has done a lot to impact SU in his tenure but do you think his changes have made the university stronger overall. I know their was a big enrollment drop but it seems the caliber of student you guys are getting has improved.

 

[JAG89]

Serious question,
I know Jindal has done a lot to impact SU in his tenure but do you think his changes have made the university stronger overall. I know their was a big enrollment drop but it seems the caliber of student you guys are getting has improved.

Jindal hasn't done anything to raise the caliber of students at SU or any State university. IMO, Jindal didn’t have anything to do with the higher admission standards at SU. Higher Admissions was something required by the Board of Regents once Baton Rouge Community College became into existence. Jindal cut the budget for all State universities across the board, which required schools like LSU to consolidate some its administrative positions. Now the State wants SU to follow LSU's model of consolidating the SUBR Chancellor position into the SU System President position, therefore creating one position for the SU System President/Chancellor of SUBR. IMO, Jindal's cut and slash policy has hurt State institutions of higher learning. All three systems (SU, UL, and LSU) had to make sacrifices and adjustments under Jindal's budget cuts.

 

[jag4life]

Serious question,
I know Jindal has done a lot to impact SU in his tenure but do you think his changes have made the university stronger overall. I know their was a big enrollment drop but it seems the caliber of student you guys are getting has improved.

Jindal wasn't in office when we raised admissions standards.

 

[JAG89]

Jindal wasn't in office when we raised admissions standards.

This thread proves that some folks don't know much about Piyush "Bobby" Jindal destructive policies for State institutions of higher learning. For one to even try to give Piyush any credit for raising the caliber of students at any State institution of higher learning is insane, which goes beyond anything of the truth. This is how dumb politicians like Piyush keep getting elected into office. People who don’t have a thorough understanding of a politician's complete track record will believe anything. Ronald Reagan was California's worse governor when it came to California institutions of higher learning. As governor, Reagan reduced the budget for institutions of high learning and increased the budget for prison institutions, but people still saw him as a great American Patriot, which got him elected as POTUS. Once he became the POTUS, he pretty much did the same thing, which was slash funding for education and mental health and increase funding for prisons and the military. Reagan policies are one of the main reasons why this country is still dealing with social issues today, where there is an us against them type of mentality. I hope the people in the United States completely understand Piyush’s politics, because this country definitely doesn’t need another Reagan type as the POTUS.

 

[The Founder]

Serious question,
I know Jindal has done a lot to impact SU in his tenure but do you think his changes have made the university stronger overall. I know their was a big enrollment drop but it seems the caliber of student you guys are getting has improved.

Jindal has not done a motherfuggin thing for higher education in Louisiana. If he had his way he would close Grambling, SU, Dillard, Xavier, Nicholls State, and Northwestern.

 

[JAG89]

Jindal has not done a motherfuggin thing for higher education in Louisiana. If he had his way he would close Grambling, SU, Dillard, Xavier, Nicholls State, and Northwestern.

Remember, Jindal had the folks at LSU mad at him one time, which is why they ended up consolidating a lot of their administrative positions. Jindal had the LSU board to fire a LSU President who opposed his plan. Also, the president he had fired was a well respected individual in the college world. Jindal was trying to push to make LSU the first Charter Public University, which had a lot folks at LSU fuming.

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/lsu-president-fired-for-opposing-jindal-plan/

 

[jsupop33]

My bad peoples, I honestly didn't know full scope of his stuff. I thought he pushed those admission standards through though. I know he pushed gram into stopping those vouchers for out of state students

 

[JAG89]

My bad peoples, I honestly didn't know full scope of his stuff. I thought he pushed those admission standards through though. I know he pushed gram into stopping those vouchers for out of state students

Piyush is anti-public education on any level and he is an Evangelical Creationism Catholic. You definitely don't want to give him create for improving education in any area. The folks in higher education in Louisiana can't wait for his term to expire, which is why the Democrats still have a likely chance of winning the next gubernatorial election in Louisiana. Democrats in Louisiana should run hard on Piyush failed education and health policies.

 

[MetroPhillyTiger]

Is this about Dr. Mason or Jindal's naming the new members for SU System Board. The faculty senate has already given Dr. Mason a vote of no confidence and he is on his way. Jindal names new members to the board, which were recommended by other elected officials in the State. All Boards in the State will have new faces.

http://theadvocate.com/news/11278213-123/jindal-names-new-members-to

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/bobby_jindal_appoints_four_new.html

About Jindal...I figured that it couldn't be good if he picked these folks. But if these names were given to him then I guess it's ok. Seemed interesting that Mason made a list of demands though.

 

[JAG89]

About Jindal...I figured that it couldn't be good if he picked these folks. But if these names were given to him then I guess it's ok. Seemed interesting that Mason made a list of demands though.

Most people in Louisiana will be too happy when Jindal is gone. Big money White Republicans are the reason why Jindal got elected. They knew he would do exactly what they needed him to do in order for them to make money in Louisiana. Although I don't think Jindal will become POTUS any time soon, the American public needs to keep Jindal fresh in their mind just in case this country experience a Hurricane Katrina type event that could get someone like Jindal elected, which is what rich White Republicans would love to see. If it wasn’t for Katrina, Jindal would have never become Louisiana's governor. IMO, Jindal has done more damage to Louisiana than Katrina did.

 

[JAG89]

My bad peoples, I honestly didn't know full scope of his stuff. I thought he pushed those admission standards through though. I know he pushed gram into stopping those vouchers for out of state students

Here's more proof that Jindal has crippled public education in Louisiana.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/college_university_closures_mi.html#incart_m-rpt-1

Jindal's destructive policies alone should have been enough to impeach him. People in Louisiana has really suffered due to Jindal. Jindal can illegal hire an out-of-state medical firm from Maryland for right at $300 million, but want to cut education.

 

[The Founder]

My bad peoples, I honestly didn't know full scope of his stuff. I thought he pushed those admission standards through though. I know he pushed gram into stopping those vouchers for out of state students

Shit and that helped to reduce enrollment. Heck he was trying to reduce vouchers for out of state students who's parent(s) were alum. Why not give an alum an incentive to send their child to GSU. Fugg Piyush.

 

[The Founder]

Here's more proof that Jindal has crippled public education in Louisiana.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/college_university_closures_mi.html#incart_m-rpt-1

Jindal's destructive policies alone should have been enough to impeach him. People in Louisiana has really suffered due to Jindal. Jindal can illegal hire an out-of-state medical firm from Maryland for right at $300 million, but want to cut education.

EXACTLY!!!! Just think what three institutions he would like to see closed.

 

[JAG89]

EXACTLY!!!! Just think what three institutions he would like to see closed.

Even Republican candidates for governor are beginning to run against Piyush's failed health and education policies. Can Louisiana stand another year of Piyush's reckless policies?

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter says if he's elected governor this fall, he'd immediately call a special legislative session to address Louisiana's ongoing budget problems.

The session, according to Thursday's announcement, would focus on: removing budget protections that leave public colleges and health services more vulnerable to cuts, reviewing tax breaks to determine if they benefit the state and cutting other tax rates.

No specifics were given about the tax proposals.

The Republican senator said Gov. Bobby Jindal should be doing similar work to stop what Vitter described as a "never-ending cycle of budget chaos."

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/15/david-vitter-governor/21815121/

 

[Philly Jag]

Not that I really think anybody from Jackson State gives a rat's butt about progressive affairs at Southern (I digress) but I think the latest SU System board appointments are surprisingly good ones.

 

[JR]

Not that I really think anybody from Jackson State gives a rat's butt about progressive affairs at Southern (I digress) but I think the latest SU System board appointments are surprisingly good ones.

Pop33 is cool peeps. He is not a hater of SU in that kind of way. LOL. He hates us whooping that arse sports wise. But he is pro black college and not one of them crab in a barrel type who would get joy from SU failing. Can't say that about some of the others.

 

[96lioness]

Jindal hasn't done anything to raise the caliber of students at SU or any State university. IMO, Jindal didn’t have anything to do with the higher admission standards at SU. Higher Admissions was something required by the Board of Regents once Baton Rouge Community College became into existence. Jindal cut the budget for all State universities across the board, which required schools like LSU to consolidate some its administrative positions. Now the State wants SU to follow LSU's model of consolidating the SUBR Chancellor position into the SU System President position, therefore creating one position for the SU System President/Chancellor of SUBR. IMO, Jindal's cut and slash policy has hurt State institutions of higher learning. All three systems (SU, UL, and LSU) had to make sacrifices and adjustments under Jindal's budget cuts.

Is the Governor the sole individual that appoints members to the SUS Board? Or are there other individuals that select appointees?

Also, do you (and/or other SU alum) know the status on Mason's replacement?

 

[GoodFella]

Pop33 is cool peeps. He is not a hater of SU in that kind of way. LOL. He hates us whooping that arse sports wise. But he is pro black college and not one of them crab in a barrel type who would get joy from SU failing. Can't say that about some of the others.

A lot of people feel the same way as Pop y'all just take some of this stuff to seriously. Nobody really wants to see SU fail as a school, I know I don't. When it comes to sports though thats a different story lol. Also Jindal got slammed on twitter for talking about the president lol

 

[JAG89]

Jindal does appoint members to the Board, but the final decision is made the State Senate. More than likely, the members of the State Senate gave names to Jindal for appointment to SUS Board.

The members of the Board are appointed by the Governor of the State to overlapping six year terms. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the Louisiana State Senate. The sixteen-member Board consists of two members from each of the State’s Congressional Districts, three members from the State at large and one student member.

The student representative, who serves a one-year term, is elected annually from the current presidents of the student body on one of the System’s three campuses or the Law Center.

http://www.sus.edu/PageDisplay.asp?p1=4381

 

[jsupop33]

Thanks JR. My dayjob involves looking at stats about colleges everyday so I always try to track numbers about our schools. I have personally seen Southern grow stronger the past few years. I worry about some of your management practices. However, no one in the SWAC worries me like bama state. I just think they need to stop picking fights with SACS.

Overall, public hbcu's are faring much better than our private counterparts.

 

[EB]

This thread proves that some folks don't know much about Piyush "Bobby" Jindal destructive policies for State institutions of higher learning. For one to even try to give Piyush any credit for raising the caliber of students at any State institution of higher learning is insane, which goes beyond anything of the truth. This is how dumb politicians like Piyush keep getting elected into office. People who don’t have a thorough understanding of a politician's complete track record will believe anything. Ronald Reagan was California's worse governor when it came to California institutions of higher learning. As governor, Reagan reduced the budget for institutions of high learning and increased the budget for prison institutions, but people still saw him as a great American Patriot, which got him elected as POTUS. Once he became the POTUS, he pretty much did the same thing, which was slash funding for education and mental health and increase funding for prisons and the military. Reagan policies are one of the main reasons why this country is still dealing with social issues today, where there is an us against them type of mentality. I hope the people in the United States completely understand Piyush’s politics, because this country definitely doesn’t need another Reagan type as the POTUS.

Many need to read about Reagan and California higher education.