Scandal plagued administrators at N.C. State U rejoin faculty

by E Wayne Ross on January 22, 2010

News & Observer: Oblinger, Nielsen back as professors

Former Chancellor Jim Oblinger and former Provost Larry Nielsen are professors now for N.C. State University, though Oblinger has left the Raleigh campus and moved west.

The pair resigned last year over their roles in the university’s hiring of former state first lady Mary Easley.

Each received a six-month leave to prepare for rejoining the faculty after being away from their areas of scientific expertise for years.