Donations to the school dropped from $17.2 million in the third quarter of the school’s fiscal year to $4 million in the fourth, ending June 30. The school eliminated about a half-dozen fund-raising mailings and 3,000 telephone calls because the appeals didn’t seem appropriate given the sensitivities over the data security issues, says Molly Mayo Tampke, interim vice president for university advancement.
Now, school leaders are hoping the fallout won’t last too long. Despite a largely symbolic no-confidence vote by faculty against McDavis, board of trustees chairman Greg Browning says he still has faith in the president.
“I think he’s addressed these issues with the seriousness that they deserve,” Browning says, “and if these problems have a silver lining, it’s that Ohio University will emerge a stronger, better university.”
— Associated Press
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