Excerpt from the Wright State Guardian
651 faculty members are eligible to vote for confidence/no-confidence in Wright State University President Sue Edwards, with the voting period ending at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 22.
Collectively, the petition (PDF) to enact this vote of confidence/no-confidence in Edwards expresses a list of 14 grievances and alleges a lack of integrity and leadership ability in the university’s eighth president.
Upon receiving the notification by Faculty Senate President Laura Luehrmann on March 23 that the Faculty Office had received the required number of signatures on the petition against her, Edwards was afforded the opportunity to prepare and distribute a rebuttal (PDF) over a 10-day period.
“I’ve made every effort to address those criticisms head on in numerous Faculty Senate meetings and my repeated WebEx sessions,” Edwards said in her rebuttal. “Let me say again the allegations are inaccurate and while they make great theatre, the information is purposely misstated and I see no productive value in again legitimizing them any further through this Faculty Senate process.”
Edwards additionally noted that the allegations against her presented in the petition are an attack on her personal and professional integrity and that she will continue to be truthful and transparent.
