Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'tsuboard'
September 25, 2007
Good morning, Dynamo fans. Ready to see the Orange in the MLS playoffs again? Well, playoff tickets will go on sale at 10 this morning. Depending on where the Dynamo finish in the standings, the team will play in the Western Conference semifinal match at Robertson Stadium either Oct. 27 or Nov. 3; pick your tickets up at Ticketmaster or the Dynamo's website. >> The scandal effect: TSU's enrollment has fallen to its lowest......
Continue Reading "Morning Roundup: Soccer kick, football kick edition"May 2, 2007
Today's news in the story of TSU Board of Regents Chairwoman Belinda Griffin vs. Gov. Rick Perry can be summed up in five words: former Chairwoman Belinda Griffin. No, really. Griffin, who turned in her resignation on Friday — but not really — actually resigned once and for all yesterday, paving the way for Perry to appoint five new regents to lead the school, with a fast track to legislative confirmation. The plan to appoint......
Continue Reading "TSU's Griffin out; new regents on the way in"August 7, 2006
Looks like the flow of bizarre news from TSU won't be drying up anytime soon: In his keynote address to the school's graduates Saturday, state Rep. Harold Dutton blamed the TSU board of regents for contributing to the problems with ex-president Priscilla Slade, saying they mishandled the investigation into her spending and her dismissal. Slade, you'll remember, was fired and later indicted for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of university money on unauthorized personal......
Continue Reading "State rep blasts TSU regents"June 19, 2006
The day after Priscilla Slade was taken off the school's payroll, the former TSU president got a standing ovation when she was honored at a Juneteenth celebration Sunday night. State Rep. Al Edwards, who organized the event, explained that Slade was being honored for the good things she did at the helm of TSU: "When she took over, that university couldn't do a thing," he said, adding, "When a person is having problems, that's when......
Continue Reading "Priscilla Slade, gospel singer?"June 7, 2006
In a fully expected move, the TSU Board of Regents voted unanimously to make President Priscilla Slade's firing official this morning in an appeal hearing Slade requested but didn't attend, as we discussed earlier. Slade is accused of nearly $1 million in unauthorized spending during her seven years as TSU president, including $650,000 on personal expenditures. The accusation was supported by an internal audit and an external investigation conducted by a private law firm. A......
Continue Reading "TSU regents vote 8-0 to can Slade"May 1, 2006
Ex-TSU President Priscilla Slade may be out, but she's not down — or so she hopes. According to KTRK, Slade has filed suit against the university claiming she wasn't given a fair shake. According to the suit, the TSU Board of Regents scheduled a retreat for this weekend where regents planned to talk about how to begin a search for a new president, but the retreat was to take place before the regents granted Slade......
Continue Reading "Slade claims unfair treatment, sues TSU"