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Students had their chance to weigh in on the selection of Florida State University s next president last week. All final three candidates in the running to succeed President John Thrasher and become FSU s16th president have histories as prominent leaders and student mentors in their universities.
Each candidate participated in a separate forum, giving FSU students the chance to pose their questions directly. Here s what they had to say.
Richard McCullough, Harvard
Richard McCullough s background includes being vice provost for research at Harvard and former dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Science, where he created an “innovation ecosystem” that raised their number of annual start-ups from two to 14, launching the university into a Top 10 spot in innovation among U.S. universities without a medical school.
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Senators Ciera Thomas, Allison Fine, Bryson Henriott and Will Harris authored the bill to further codify the Senate staff with an intent to clearly explain the purposes of the Senate staff positions and make the Legislative Branch more effective.
Senators Hadden Powell, Gaby Gagliano and Mary Lyn Dyer each spoke against the bill, expressing concerns that the piece of legislation needs to be revised before it can be passed, fearing the piece would limit the Senate staff to the roles described in the bill.
Senators Will Curvin, Kendall Henry and Connor Green, however, openly spoke and debated in favor of the bill, saying that codifying staff positions would increase studentâs accessibility to SGA.
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