Kansas college president who canceled Ivanka speech resigns

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

JOHN HANNA
, Associated Press
Sep. 25, 2020
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 5:29 p.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state university president in Kansas whose decision in June to cancel a virtual speech by Ivanka Trump angered donors and others resigned Friday, after less than a year in the job.

The Board of Regents, which oversees Kansas' higher education system, did not say why Wichita State University President Jay Golden stepped down, offering no details on what led up to it. The university received national attention — and plenty of criticism — for dropping a virtual speech by President Donald Trump's elder daughter for its technical school graduation.

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Steve Clark, a former Kansas regent from Wichita, sought Golden’s ouster in June and sent a letter then to board members saying Golden’s decision to cancel the speech by Ivanka Trump threatened a multimillion-dollar relationship with Koch Industries, the vast conglomerate led by billionaire and conservative political donor Charles Koch.

Clark said Friday that Golden, who previously served as vice chancellor and professor of engineering at East Carolina University in North Carolina, “wasn’t a good cultural fit for our Midwest values here.”


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Former Wichita State University President Jay Golden



Steve Clark, a former Kansas regent from Wichita, Koch advocate

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. the last nearly 4 years are really flushing out those who lack courage.

the number of assholes who bow down to the rantings of the trumpers must be numbering in the many thousands.

Deplorable.

[napi21]

2. And we still ask why some decisions make no sense. BIG $$$ is behind almost all decisions. Where

do you think "follow the money" phrase came from?

[groundloop]

3. So the Kansas regents sold their souls to the Kochs

What a pile of shit..... Koch money forcing decisions onto our universities.

[StClone]

15. Wichita State, not Kansas U.

Unless you meant the entire state of Kansas.

[Hoyt]

4. Maybe he'll get a position at a better institution. Hope Democratic donors

express opposition, not that it will do much good.

[hibbing]

5. How awful n/t

[Leghorn21]

6. "... wasn't a good cultural fit for our Midwest values here."

BUT IVANKA TRUMP IS?

poleeeze

[Boogiemack]

17. Well consider the "culture" they are talking about.

He didn't fit probably because he wasn't a knee-jerk, bigoted, ignorant bully.

[econron]

7. Midwest Values

I seem to recall that Wichita first and foremost is not a state and second the Midwest values that are referenced must mean the following video clip of Gregg Marshall's wife (men's bb coach)

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[msongs]

8. speaking of ivanka and those midwest family values....

[murielm99]

9. I have Midwest values.

Golden can come to my state to be an educator or administrator any time. We would welcome him.

[lapfog_1]

10. born in wichita 60 years ago

raised in Kansas, Univ of Kansas alum...

and every time I see a story about what is happening in the state of my birth, it makes me really angry and sad. Kansas didn't used to be this way.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. "Koch advocate."

In other words, corrupt.

[CanonRay]

12. The Koch brothers own Wichita State

[FakeNoose]

13. Maybe the Board of Regents needs to explain

... how Ivanka Chump fits their standards of educational excellence at Wichita State University.

Do they have any standards of educational excellence?

[mdbl]

14. So much for demanding intelligence in Kansas colleges

A fruitless effort.

[dalton99a]

16. He is lucky he wasn't charged with lese-majeste

[lonely bird]

18. Midwest values?

Wtf are “Midwest values”? Would Clark have supported Chelsea Clinton speaking there? What about Hunter Biden?

Clark can take his imaginary Midwest values and shove them up his ass.

[Maxheader]

19. Resume...Jay Golden

Coordinated day to day events at major college...

Earned the trust of faculty and students...

Promoted curriculum of job related skills..

Dissed trumps kid and lost his job..

https://thesunflower.com/51364/news/disheartening-students-faculty-react-to-calls-to-fire-wsu-president-jay-golden-over-ivanka-trump-fiasco/


Resume...Steve Clark

Butt licker for the gop...

[riversedge]

21. Good summary

[onetexan]

20. Midwest values my butt. But you know - she was invited to speak to technical school grads

@a Wichita U. I'm sure there were speaking fees involved so she wanted it. It wasn't at an Ivy, not even uPenn where she claimed to graduate magna cum laude (nix the magna - she was only cum laude & not at the top of her class as she fibbed). It was only a midwestern U, but she accepted the offer anyway. So it was all about the limelight & money. Her cousin Mary is right - this gal is as corrupt as her dad.