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FSU picks politician as next school president

The FSU board voted 11-2 Tuesday to hire Thrasher over three academics, pushing aside objections from FSU faculty who cited his lack of education credentials. Thrasher, a former state House speaker and chairman of Gov. Rick Scott's re-election campaign, also drew criticism after he sidestepped questions during a campus forum about climate change and evolution. [...] Thrasher's supporters said the FSU alumnus "bleeds garnet and gold" and that his political connections and clout could help FSU in its quest to move into the ranks of the nation's top research universities. The 70-year-old Thrasher graduated from FSU in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in business and later received his law degree from the school. In the Legislature, he helped win approval for the university's medical school, which opened in 2001. The other candidates passed over by the FSU board were former West Virginia University Provost Michele Wheatly, Colorado State University System Chancellor Michael Martin and University of Alabama at Birmingham Vice President Richard Marchase. Emails obtained by The Associated Press this past summer showed that the consultant first hired to help FSU told the head of the search committee that the university was trying to "concoct a competitive process" that would end with Thrasher's hiring.

 

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