Tag Archives: North Carolina State U

N.C. State’s New Leader Revokes Added Pay for Provost Who Resigned

AP: Woodward: Former provost salary package ‘invalid’

RALEIGH (AP) — The interim chancellor of N.C. State has eliminated the lucrative resignation package given to the former campus provost, saying in a letter released Tuesday that the deal was “invalid.”

Interim chancellor Jim Woodward said in the letter that former Chancellor James Oblinger did not have the authority to “fundamentally alter” the 2005 employment agreement of former provost Larry Nielsen. Woodward said Oblinger should have sought the approval of the board of trustees.

N.C. State’s Chancellor and Provost to Testify Before Grand Jury

News & Observer: NCSU leaders to testify on Easley
Chancellor and outgoing provost are subpoenaed to talk about former first lady’s job.

Federal prosecutors Tuesday ordered the chancellor and provost at N.C. State University to appear before a grand jury this week, making it clear that investigators have opened a wide-ranging criminal probe of dealings surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley.