Report says former University of Florida President Ben Sasse spent $1.3M on social events
Source: Omaha World Herald-AP
A new report says former University of Florida president Ben Sasse spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions
Associated Press 10 mins ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Former University of Florida President Ben Sasse spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions in his first year on the job, according to a report from a student news service.
The amount was about double the spending of his predecessor, Kent Fuchs, who was brought back to head the university on a temporary basis after Sasse announced in July that he was resigning, according to the report from Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
Sasse, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska, cited his wife's health and the need to spend time with family as his reason for leaving the job. He intends to teach classes as a professor at the university.
The report by Fresh Take Florida comes weeks after The Independent Florida Alligator reported that as school president, Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions. Most did not move to Gainesville, Florida, where the flagship university is located, but worked remotely from hundreds of miles away.
Ben Sasse, shown when servicing as a U.S. senator from Nebraska, recently resigned as president of the University of Florida.
ALEX BRANDON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Lulu KC
(3,039 posts)Always...
JPK
(676 posts)The last place I would send them, would be a state university or college here. They are all being run by DeSantis republican political hacks.
Bdub
(2 posts)Florida A&M University (FAMU), an HBCU is a good option.
hibbing
(10,352 posts)Many he hired also worked remote. He was a horrible Senator and obviously not a great university president either.
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NJCher
(37,185 posts)and couldn't admit it. Believe it or not, in academia you have to show results and he knew he wasn't even close to capable of doing that at a research university.
So because of a poor selection of a university president, the taxpayer is on the hook for untold millions.
Sneederbunk
(14,873 posts)mountain grammy
(27,012 posts)kimbutgar
(22,480 posts)They always get away with this stuff and with no consequences.