Michigan State University hires former Gov. John Engler; faculty vows no-confidence vote
East Lansing — The Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to choose former Gov. John Engler as interim Michigan State University president in a bid to steady the school after the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
Engler, a Republican who graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics, was Michigan’s governor from 1991 to 2003 and will now lead MSU during a troubled time of intense public scrutiny and criticism in the aftermath of convicted doctor Nassar’s two decades of sexual abuse.
“I’m only here to help the university community address this crisis and lay a positive foundation for the new president,” Engler told reporters. “We have an extreme organizational challenge that needs to be changed.”
“I put myself in the place of every parent who sent their loved ones to this great institution,” he continued. “I understand the concern and uncertainty as well as the frustration and anger … I will move forward as if my own daughters were on this campus.”
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