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    <title>Georgia Board of Regents: Initiate a National Search for the President of Kennesaw State University Petition: Signature List Feed</title>
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      <title>Jillian Jacklin [Signature #782]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jillian Jacklin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America<p>I, Jillian M. Jacklin, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at UW-Madison, supports this petition.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Sierra Hober [Signature #781]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Hober, Conyers, Georgia, United States of America<p>My Sister, Taylor Hober, went to KSU. She was a transwoman, who was very beautiful. But in April of this year, she committed suicide. I miss her, and this isn&#039;t right!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:42:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rachel Rubin [Signature #780]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rachel Rubin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America<p>Threatening shared governance is a betrayal of our educational mission.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Lauren Ristvet [Signature #779]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lauren Ristvet, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America<p>I support this petition.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:06:16 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rajesh SV [Signature #778]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rajesh SV, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India<p>Dr. Rajesh S.V.<br />
Assistant Professor and Head<br />
Department of Archaeology<br />
University of Kerala<br />
Kariavattom Campus<br />
Thiurvananthapuram<br />
Kerala, India - 695581</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:18:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Kristin Pitt [Signature #777]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kristin Pitt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America<p>Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:45:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Jelena Todorovic [Signature #776]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jelena Todorovic, Wisconsin, United States of America<p>Associate Professor<br />
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:26:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Benjamin Cubitt [Signature #775]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Benjamin Cubitt, Marietta, Georgia, Georgia<p>A legitimate search must be made before appointing someone to this position.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:37:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Steven Villegas-Garcia [Signature #774]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Steven Villegas-Garcia, Dallas, Georgia, United States of America<p>Kennesaw State University is losing so much respect for this, and it&#039;s doing its current students or its alumni a huge disservice for disrespecting protocol. I&#039;ve already lost respect for KSU for breaking its promise halfway through a semester by not giving its students the teacher&#039;s certification it said would be guarenteed, and now this stunt is earning the school so much distrust.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>jorge galindo [Signature #773]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[jorge galindo, las vegas, NV, United States of America<p>Democracy is Education</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 02:22:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #772]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Tucker, Georgia, United States of America<p>As a 32-year employee, now faculty, at another university in Georgia, I find it hard to believe that the Board of Regents would not conduct a national search for the next leader of Kennesaw State.  Sam Olens may be a strong candidate (though I&#039;m not aware of any previous experience in higher education, or education of any kind) but the decision makers should conduct a transparent and thorough search for the strongest candidates, involving both faculty and students, before choosing the next president of one of the state&#039;s fastest growing university.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>John Burson [Signature #771]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[John Burson, Coram, New York, United States of America<p>This appointment is so disrespectful to everything KSU has worked to build. Initiate a national search for a new president. I&#039;ll be abstaining my support as an alumni if Olens becomes the new president.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #770]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Powder Springs, Georgia, United States of America<p>I sincerely believe this important position should be handled as in the past:  search committee.  This should not be the decision of one person.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>William Ferris [Signature #769]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[William Ferris, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America<p>I strongly support this petition and hope that a national search will be done to select the next president of Kennesaw State University.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:06:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Daniel Singleton [Signature #768]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daniel Singleton, Rochester, New York, United States of America<p>Proud KSU graduate! Don&#039;t want to see a president appointed without going through due process!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:59:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sandy Alexandre [Signature #767]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sandy Alexandre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America<p>Associate Professor<br />
MIT</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:51:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Joshua Morrison [Signature #766]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joshua Morrison, Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America<p>A full and open search is what KSU, its students, faculty, and alumni deserve. If Mr. Olens is the right candidate, let him show it through an open search.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Jeffrey Lee [Signature #765]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Lee, Atlanta, georgia, United States of America<p>we need a nonpolitician</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Liz Throop [Signature #764]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Liz Throop, atlanta, ga, United States of America<p>-</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:43:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Daniel Palacios [Signature #763]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daniel Palacios, Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States of America]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:24:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #762]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America<p>I&#039;ve signed this petition because the search was unfair. I stand by my colleagues.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:59:45 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #761]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America<p>With this move, you are unequivocally stating that shared governance has no place at your institution.  The avoidance of a national search typical of other institutions/positions, and preference for a candidate with zero experience in higher education, sends a transparent message to your campus regarding your motives.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Betty Oliver [Signature #760]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Betty Oliver, St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States of America<p>Unbelievable not to have a national search! Purely political.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:01:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #759]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America<p>This is a University not a political plum</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:40:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Terri McIntosh [Signature #758]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Terri McIntosh, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America<p>This is too important a job to be filled by political appointment.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 06:24:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Kevin Haas [Signature #757]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kevin Haas, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America<p>Please allow a fair search for the President of Kennesaw State University.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Vivien Kibble [Signature #756]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vivien Kibble, Woodstock, GA, United States of America<p>I agree whole heartedly with the petition,</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:10:51 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Austin Atteberry [Signature #755]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Austin Atteberry, Sandy Springs, GA, United States of America<p>Student<br />
Kennesaw State University</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:40:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Steve Gill [Signature #754]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Steve Gill, Columbus, Georgia, United States of America]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:33:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Alice Pate [Signature #753]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Alice Pate, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:14:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dayna Melton [Signature #752]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dayna Melton, Los angeles, California, United States of America<p>Unacceptable. As an alumni I&#039;m outraged.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:12:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Na-Rae Kim [Signature #751]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Na-Rae Kim, GA, United States of America]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:10:01 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anne Richards [Signature #750]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anne Richards, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America<p>I support the many members of the KSU community who are requesting input into the choice of our next president.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Katie Swartz [Signature #749]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Katie Swartz, Woodstock, Georgia, United States of America<p>We need a president who is with the times, open and accepting of all student!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #748]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Associate Professor<br />
Kennesaw State</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:31:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Christie Emerson [Signature #747]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Christie Emerson, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Universities are not pawns in political games.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:10:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Pam Balderson [Signature #746]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pam Balderson, Woodstock, Ga, United States of America<p>No to Sam Olens</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:08:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #745]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America<p>So Georgia is returning to the good ole dark days.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:46:16 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Francisco Carrillo [Signature #744]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Francisco Carrillo, dalton, Whitfield, Georgia<p>Initiate a national search for president of Kennesaw State University.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Spencer Cox [Signature #743]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spencer Cox, Acworth, Georgia, United States of America<p>Shameful</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:19:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jo D.F, Cumming, Ga, United States of America<p>Yes</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Ashlyn Pope [Signature #741]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ashlyn Pope, Hiram, Georgia, United States of America<p>It is atrocious to think a public university is willing to ignore the wants and needs of its student body for thier own agenda.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:13:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Emily Satterwhite, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America<p>Associate Professor, Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:12:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Suzanne Kloth, Acworth, Georgia, United States of America<p>1989 Graduate</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:05:51 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Gretchen Potts [Signature #738]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gretchen Potts, Chattanooga, TN, United States of America]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:59:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[C Kidder, Wisconsin, United States of America<p>Respect the faculty and run a national search!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Virginia Moore, Dallas, Georgia, United States of America<p>This is the right thing to do.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jared Rainey, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>All eligible applicants should be considered.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #734]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Kingston, Ontario, Canada<p>Archaeology Centre<br />
University of Toronto</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:13:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deborah Hutchinson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America<p>We need a National Search not someone appointed by the governor</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jane McKinzey, Tucker, GA, United States of America<p>Asst. Professor of History<br />
and History Education (Retired)<br />
Kennesaw State University</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, CA, United States of America<p>Due process was established in order to protect the integrity of these institutions. Ignoring due process changes the tone of the institution and therefore does harm to what it offers to its students and its community.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Lachance, David City, Nebraska, United States of America<p>Alumini - Kennesaw State University. Stop politicizing positions. Do a search and set the example that you just don&#039;t pick anyone for a job in higher education.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kathleen Wilcox, Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America<p>Processes for hiring are well-established.  None of the established processes have been used in this instance.  I fail to see how &quot;appointing&quot; a president without the input of faculty, staff and students is conducive to a good working relationship with Mr. Olens in the future.</p>

<p>Mr. Olens own letter seems to indicate that no one in the KSU Faculty or Staff has been working for the &quot;good of the students&quot;.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  It is not appropriate to &quot;tar&quot; all of the dedicated faculty and staff at KSU with the brush of fraud and greed.</p>

<p>KSU has been established on the backs of many of these dedicated Faculty and Staff members (active and retired).  They deserve better than this.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Don Russ, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>I completely disapprove of such appointments and procedures</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melissa Lawsen, Kingman, Arizona, United States of America<p>Get moving already!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, GA, United States of America<p>.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Kapaa, Hawaii, United States of America<p>I am a KSU alumni and I believe the perfect candidate is out their that represents the students and education system to the fullest.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Barney Rickman, Valdosta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Professor, Valdosta State University</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America<p>Associate Professor of Chemistry</p>

<p>I stand with my colleagues at KSU</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Initiate national search</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, NC, United States of America<p>KSU alumna</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Woodstock, GA, United States of America<p>Professor Emerita of Biology</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tina Straley, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America<p>I am appalled by the Board of Regents acting in a manner so counter to the basic tenets of academia by appointing a person in the highest position of a public university who has no qualifications and has not been vetted by faculty, students, staff, and community.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Kennesaw, GA, United States of America]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pat Garner, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Be heroes in the truest sense, resist politics, and stand and do what&#039;s right. We should have the best from a national search.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Zamarra, Woodstock, Georgia, United States of America<p>This is much too an important decision to ignore the entire process in order to appoint a political cronie. Start acting like you actually represent the folks who elected you.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Hortenstine, Marietta, Ga, United States of America<p>Mr. Olens attitudes and values don not match that of the people he plans to lead.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bolivar Viteri, Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia<p>Disgusting display of political favors, search for the most qualified candidate now.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pat Brown, Atlanta, GA, United States of America<p>I urge the Board Of Regents to initiate a nationwide search for the presidency of Kennesaw State.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joel McKinzey, Tucker, Georgia, United States of America<p>Please have Olens apply and be considered thru the usual process, no more cronyism !</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[JOSEPH SESSUM, ACWORTH, GEORGIA, United States of America<p>I SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THIS PETITION.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tom Rankin, Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America<p>Professor of the Practice of Art and  Documentary<br />
Director, MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts<br />
Duke University</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nicole Walker, Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton, United States of America<p>.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[gregory greenwell, marietta, georgia, cobb, United States of America<p>political hack!!!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Mableton, georgia, United States of America<p>We deserve a vote, we deserve to be heard!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brandie Siegfried, Provo, Utah, United States of America<p>I concur with the attached letter.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bernice Nuhfer-Halten, Marietta, Georgia, Georgia<p>This action is only one of a long series of inappropriate actions taken by KSU in the process of taking over another university, SPSU.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jack Snodgrass, Marietta, Ga, Georgia<p>Shared governance is important to a university</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Courtney Patrick, Blairsville, Georgia, United States of America<p>.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Linda Papageorge, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America<p>I have already written a letter to Chancellor Huckaby, in which I noted the advantages, opportunities and tradition of conducting a national search for the President of not just Kennesaw State University but of<br />
the other institutions within the University System of Georgia.  I continue to hold the views expressed in that letter.</p>

<p>Linda M. Papageorge, Ph.D<br />
Department of History and Philosophy, ret&#039;d</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[William H. Wallace, Jr., Acworth, GA, Cobb, United States of America<p>Retired Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia; Retired Director of Human Resources, Kennesaw State University; Former Vice Chair of Georgia Board of Community Health; Former Chair, Policy Committee, Georgia Board of Community Health.</p>

<p>A national search should be conducted to fill the position of President of Kennesaw State University. Whomever is selected, so be it. Input from the University community and the local community should be included in this decision process. While I have great personal and professional respect for Chancellor Huckaby, this decision should have university and community involvement/input.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>This national search should be conducted.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>No Bueno</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Conklin, Cartersville, Georgia, Georgia<p>Don&#039;t let backdoor handshake agreements take away from the thorough process a decision of this magnitude requires.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Harry Trendell, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America<p>Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geography &amp; Anthropology, Kennesaw State University</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Desman, PhD., Marietta, Cobb County, GA, United States of America<p>This is a purely political move and a clear abridgment of academic democracy and transparency.  It is contrary to the essence of the university&mdash;a forum for the free exchange of ideas.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Acworth, Georgia, United States of America<p>As an employee of Kennesaw State University I think it would be unfair to the students, parents, faculty and retirees that a search for a new President does not take place. If the Attorney General would like to apply at that time then that will be fine. It looks and feels political. Please do not make this mistake. If selected without a search the Attorney General will start his job with low moral and deception. I ask that you do not give him this job because of friendship or political standing.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bill Shonkwiler, Marietta, Ga, United States of America<p>I disagree with the decision of the Board of Regents.</p>]]></description>
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Julian Wilson<br />
Retired Professor Emeritus<br />
Former Dept Head ECET</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joanne Artz, Evansville, IN, United States of America<p>As a former employee of the Georgia university system, I still care about what happens on its campuses. The Board of Regents is wrong to appoint someone with no academic background, and wrong to sidestep the national search for the best candidate to lead the campus.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Margaret Walters, Kennesaw, GA, United States of America<p>Initiate a national search!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hugh Hunt, Marietta, GA, United States of America<p>Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus<br />
Kennesaw State Univeristy</p>]]></description>
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