FAMU President to be Absent from University’s Day at the Capitol
February 2nd, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
Today was FSU Day at the State Capitol. President John Thrasher was fully engaged. On Thursday, it’s FAMU day at the State House, but FAMU’s President will not be there. President Elmira Mangum will be in Washington. Many close to higher education say Mangum is snubbing lawmakers at a time when she’s barely recovered from efforts to fire her. None would go on the record, but supporter Arthenia Joyner says the talk of a snub is being blown out of proportion.
“Well, I don’t think she’s snubbing the legislature. she has important business for her university that happens to take place in the nation’s Capitol. And so you have to juggle your schedule and prioritize and I think that we can handle this without her. She has all of us who are graduates, as well as the alumni, and the President and it can be done” says Joyner.
Mangum will be in Washington DC attending congressional meetings and the National Prayer Breakfast.
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