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THEE Realist
Jackson State University president Carolyn Meyers announced her resignation Tuesday afternoon after denying rumors about her departure last week.
Her resignation comes on the heels of the discovery that JSU’s cash reserves have plummeted 89 percent in the last five years, landing at $4.2 million for the 2016 fiscal year that ended in the fall.
Meyers in a short resignation letter said she was leaving "out of genuine love of and pride in the university. She said her resignation would be effective Nov. 1, and that she is prepared to vacate the president's residence at the school within 30 days.
"As the university has done for anyone leaving for any reason — voluntary or involuntary — and in accordance with the JSU handbook (which by the way precedes my tenure) I expect that I would also receive an extra thirty days of compensation as well as compensation for all accrued benefits," Meyers wrote in a letter to Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce.
An email Meyers sent to the JSU community Oct. 18 prompted talk of her leaving, as she reflected on her tenure as president. It referred to her goals when she first took on the role in 2011, the development of JSU's Madison and downtown Jackson campuses, new degree programs and First Lady Michelle Obama's commencement speech last spring.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/...esident-resigns-amid-finance-issues/92743788/
Her resignation comes on the heels of the discovery that JSU’s cash reserves have plummeted 89 percent in the last five years, landing at $4.2 million for the 2016 fiscal year that ended in the fall.
Meyers in a short resignation letter said she was leaving "out of genuine love of and pride in the university. She said her resignation would be effective Nov. 1, and that she is prepared to vacate the president's residence at the school within 30 days.
"As the university has done for anyone leaving for any reason — voluntary or involuntary — and in accordance with the JSU handbook (which by the way precedes my tenure) I expect that I would also receive an extra thirty days of compensation as well as compensation for all accrued benefits," Meyers wrote in a letter to Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce.
An email Meyers sent to the JSU community Oct. 18 prompted talk of her leaving, as she reflected on her tenure as president. It referred to her goals when she first took on the role in 2011, the development of JSU's Madison and downtown Jackson campuses, new degree programs and First Lady Michelle Obama's commencement speech last spring.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/...esident-resigns-amid-finance-issues/92743788/