The dean of the school of commerce is their new interim president.
UVA Board essentially fired the UVA president under extremely shady circumstances. Apparently (from what I can glean from bloggers), the former president (Sullivan) was not a great fundraiser and they weren't particularly happy about that. Further, sounds like UVA wants to get into online courses in a big way.
The board is politically appointed by the governor, even though the state contributes 7% to UVA coffers. They want a person who represents "strategic dynamism" to be the president. The board is mostly Wall Street types.
So symbolically this is bullshit for a variety of reasons. I mean no disrespect to buffistas who work in banks, but why are we trusting bankers and venture capitalists without question?
We pretty much do not give deference to anyone (including the President - especially when he is Black), but we let bankers do whatever the fuck. Even at our educational institutions.
This is all bullshit.
Happy birthday, Ple! I hope somebody remembers to give you some weirdasss Canadian candies and/or cookies that you can't get stateside.
Happy Birthday Plei!
I just called to try and get an earlier appointment with the dermatologist, but going to another office, and the next available appointment at any office with any dermatologist is July 31. Yesterday they had one for this afternoon and I did not take it because I did not have a way to get there, and now I am kicking myself.
Tep, I just emailed you a stretch possible idea. And it's maybe from an email addy you won't recognize, so heads up.
Thanks, Cass! I didn't see it when you e-mailed it, because I did manage to go back to sleep. But I am definitely going to try that stretch.
Happy Birthday, Plei!
Happy Birthday, Plei! Remember, cake consumed on one's birthday has no calories, gluten, or sugar.
Javachik, others got there before me, but yeah, ACOA is Adult Children of Alcoholics - or addicts, or emotionally screwed-up barely-functioning people; the psychological profiles of their children tend to be similar. My sister has the "take control and make things work" personality; I have the "hide until it goes away" personality. And that's a very bad off-the-cuff explanation. Someone else can probably do it better, if you're interested.
KOA would be more fun.
I'm UVA-adjacent, both my nieces and a couple of my friends went there. I'm trying to ignore it all and stay calm, because it won't directly affect me after all, but I can hear Jefferson thrashing around in his grave.
