BREAKING NEWS:President Ortiz to remain at Cal Poly

In a mass email this morning, University President Michael Ortiz announced to the Cal Poly campus that he has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency at New Mexico State University.

This announcement comes one day before a decision was to be made by the NMSU Board of Regents as to who will lead their campus.

President Ortiz stated in the email that, “The outpouring of support we have received over the past couple of weeks has been unbelievably moving. We are privileged to be part of this great community.

“In the end, there is so much more we need to accomplish. We are facing the most difficult challenges in our history. To face these we have to come together as a community. Our students are relying on us. This is our fight, and we can’t just walk away.”

Richard Liu, ASI president, said that Ortiz staying is definitely a good thing.
“We [the campus] won’t have to do another presidential search,” Liu said.

He went on to say that even though the campus’ problems may get worse, Ortiz wanting to stay and help will be much more positive than if he had left for New Mexico.

Three candidates remain in NMSU’s search: Barbara Couture, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of English at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, James Oblinger, chancellor of North Carolina State University and Lisa Rossbacher, president of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.
Candidate Richard Herman, Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, withdrew his name Nov. 11.

Calls to NMSU were not immediately returned.

Stay with the Poly Post for updates as they become available.

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theonedollarbin

Sat Nov 21 2009 14:34

I completely concur, his e-mail was not only hypocritical but insulting to the students and faculty's intelligence.

Jonathan Richman

Sat Nov 21 2009 12:25

He isn't fooling anyone with that beard. He is a mustache man all the way, with chunks of day-old lobster rotting above his upper lip. That crook.

Your name

Sat Nov 21 2009 11:57

AC,

It scares me to no end that you are in college with your atrocious writing. I hope for your sake that you are ESL. Otherwise, you are a prime example of Cal Poly's lack of admission standards.

Annoyed,

You're pretty much spot on.

Annoyed

Fri Nov 20 2009 18:21

This is a total lie by Ortiz. He obviously was told by NMSU that he wasn't getting the job, and he "pulled out" so he didn't look foolish when he was turned down. It wasn't his choice to stay here. How motivated can this guy now be to do anything for Cal Poly? Time for a change...

AC

Fri Nov 20 2009 03:08

If he really wanna help, why would he went to NMSU, convince the whole crowd that he gonna stay there for a long haul? Why would he ever think about changing university when we are facing difficulties? Does it really has to do with ''helping us'' or because of some reasons that has been covered up? If he really wanna help, prove it in those budget cuts. no point saying nice phrase while having a nice coffee in the office.

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