Good start of the weekend! In today's edition: William & Mary declares solidarity with universities in Trump crosshairs, WJCC school chair says she will run for re-election.
Are faculty staff and students feeling threatened in any way at W&M? That statement is fine but Both Sidesism has gotten us where we are and I can’t help but wonder if ALL faculty staff students feel equally Safe on campus? Anyone willing to talk about it out loud? That may be the answer I’m looking for 👀
This was from Feb 2025 and maybe this person will be willing to update us. Taken from Flathatnews.com:
Feldman believes the College would be more easily influenced at the state level with regard to DEI, especially since Virginia is led by a Republican governor who supports Trump. However, he stressed that the College’s Board of Visitors ultimately has the final say on whether to implement higher education directives from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22.
“So far, at least, William and Mary has not had any gubernatorial overt interference in the Board,” Feldman said. “They’ve sort of asked us, ‘Who do you want us to appoint?’ kind of thing, from a shortlist. And of course, these are all Republicans and friends of the governor that get appointed. But so far, we’ve done a very good job of making sure that these are people who have the best interests of William and Mary before the best interests of a particular ideological set of principles.”
Are faculty staff and students feeling threatened in any way at W&M? That statement is fine but Both Sidesism has gotten us where we are and I can’t help but wonder if ALL faculty staff students feel equally Safe on campus? Anyone willing to talk about it out loud? That may be the answer I’m looking for 👀
This was from Feb 2025 and maybe this person will be willing to update us. Taken from Flathatnews.com:
Feldman believes the College would be more easily influenced at the state level with regard to DEI, especially since Virginia is led by a Republican governor who supports Trump. However, he stressed that the College’s Board of Visitors ultimately has the final say on whether to implement higher education directives from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin D.P.S. ’22.
“So far, at least, William and Mary has not had any gubernatorial overt interference in the Board,” Feldman said. “They’ve sort of asked us, ‘Who do you want us to appoint?’ kind of thing, from a shortlist. And of course, these are all Republicans and friends of the governor that get appointed. But so far, we’ve done a very good job of making sure that these are people who have the best interests of William and Mary before the best interests of a particular ideological set of principles.”
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