DeSantis Indoctrination in Action
– The Florida Department of Education approved PragerU videos to be shown in public schools. This one is on slavery, and according to PragerU, it wasn’t that bad.
Guess What: Everybody did it, and white people ended it. Hooray!
Not Surprised
Former Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran – who serves as the interim president of New College of Florida – is one of the three finalists for the school’s next president.
Who are the other two finalists:
Tyler Fisher, an associate professor of modern languages and literature at the University of Central Florida. A news release from the search committee said that Fisher is a UCF Burnett Honors College faculty fellow, and core faculty in the Ph.D. program for texts and technology. He was the school’s first Rhodes scholar.
Robert Gervasi, a former interim president at the University of Mount Union in Ohio, also is among the finalists. Gervasi previously held posts as president at Ohio Dominican University and Quincy University in Illinois – both private Catholic colleges.
- The former president, Patricia Okker, started as an assistant professor at the University of Missouri in 1990, and was promoted to full professor in 2004. From 2005 until 2011 she served as chair of the English department, and from 2017 until 2021 Okker served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri.
Corcoran doesn’t have the academic credentials of Fisher, Gervasi or Okker. Want to bet who gets chosen?
Dig Deeper: New College, a small liberal arts school in Sarasota, has drawn intense scrutiny amid efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state education officials to remake the state university.
DeSantis in January appointed a slate of conservative members to the New College Board of Trustees. The revamped board subsequently elected to remove former New College president Patricia Okker, and in February voted to replace her with Corcoran on an interim basis.
Matthew Spalding, who was among the governor’s wave of appointees to the board and is chairman of the search committee, touted the process that led to the finalists.
“The search committee worked diligently through a long list of highly qualified applicants to find and forward these outstanding finalists, and I thank everyone involved in the application and interview process for their interest in the future of New College.”
According to Tuesday’s news release from New College, the search committee reviewed 63 applications and conducted eight interviews before landing on the three finalists.
“The committee was tasked with identifying candidates who could guide New College beyond its recent history of enrollment and economic challenges while restoring its reputation for providing a nationally-recognized liberal arts undergraduate education,” the news release said.
The finalists will be invited to undergo candidate forums with the campus community and interviews with the New College trustees. The state university system’s Board of Governors will have to give final approval to the trustees’ selection for president.
source: The News Service of Florida
She’s a Hoot(er)
The Hooters of Pensacola Beach’s Aly Vargas is representing the franchise in the Miss Hooters International Pageant to be held in Las Vegas, NV, on Thursday, Aug. 3. Bayou Fox Hooters owns the Hooters franchise in Pensacola.
Aly was recently crowned Miss Bayou Fox Hooters and is looking forward to taking the big stage with this year’s contenders. Aly is featured as Miss July in the 2023 Hooters Calendar and has hopes to be selected for the 2024 edition.
She was voted 2022 Miss Hooters Louisiana and 2021 Miss Hooters Fan Favorite.
Bayou Fox Hooters encourages viewers to vote for Aly as this year’s Fan Favorite.
Dig Deeper: Hooters is celebrating its 40th Anniversary at the 26th Annual Hooters International Pageant, which will feature 50 of the top Hooters Girls from all over the world. They will be competing for the Miss Hooters International crown and a grand prize of $30,000.
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