CSU Faculty Voice: Will We Hear From These People?

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Will We Hear From These People?

Here’s a partial list of persons who spoke up for Wayne Watson in March 2013:

Emil Jones
Larry Vivens, Minister New Beginnings Church (Corey Brooks' Church)
Jonathan Jackson, CSU Lecturer--Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Martin King, CSU Lecturer--Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Conrad Worrill, NEIU Professor
Hermene Hartman, N’Digo Publisher
Reverend Janette Wilson, Executive Director of PUSH Excel

Reverend Leon Finney, former CSU Board of Trustees Chair and Pastor of Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church was quoted by DNAInfo in March 2013: "Despite Chicago State University's board finding that its president, Wayne Watson, might have violated school policy, the Rev. Finney said he has no regrets about making the decision to hire him four years ago..."

These people defended Wayne Watson in 2013. Will they defend our imperiled Chicago State University in 2016?

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"1. He/she must be a scholar of national note, with significant peer review publications and books in his or her field. There must be no doubt as to his/her standing in the community of scholars. This would also include a history of the candidate’s participation in the appropriate professional organizations.

2. He/she must have served with distinction as the administrative head of a major unit within an institution of higher learning or at the important position of Provost and/or Dean. Of course, prior service at the presidential level is preferred.

3. He/she must have a documented history of raising significant monies from the private and public sectors. At most major and research one universities it is not unusual to expect the president to come with a plan to raise in excess of half a billion dollars or more in the first few years.

4. The prospective president must have a consensus buy-in from the faculty, students, administration and staff, therefore, arriving with a unity mandate to lead by joining a University community that has bought into his or her vision for the future."

From an open letter to the CSU Community, 2009.