Tenn. owes TSU half a $ Billion/*sent $250 mil for repairs & campus housing / *TSU board vacated, new appointees named

[shopthatwrecks]

The state of Tenn ain’t got $500 mill broke ass mofos.. but TSU need to hit em to bankrupt the state.. fukk em

That got some white lightning they can flip

hohenwald got that work ask for spookem

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

The state of Tenn ain’t got $500 mill broke ass mofos.. but TSU need to hit em to bankrupt the state.. fukk em

put them on a payment plan or let them pick up tuition tabs outstanding or future

 

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UPDATE 2/07/22



Governor Lee proposes $250 million investment for TSU after decades of missing funds


February 6th 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After decades of missing out on state funds, Tennessee State University could receive $250 million from the state.

FOX 17 News first told you last April when a report found the state could owe TSU anywhere from $150 million to $544 million in missing land grant funding.

TSU president Dr. Glenda Glover told lawmakers the shortfall resulted in less money for scholarships, technology upgrades, and infrastructure maintenance.

“It’s like having a savings account and each time you want to do something like go out to dinner, lets’ go into the savings account. That’s not how you live, even in your own personal life. We can’t run a university like that," Dr. Glover said.

This week, Governor Bill Lee presented a budget proposal for a $250 million dollar investment in TSU’s infrastructure and an additional $60 million for a new engineering building.

“This is a wonderful opportunity, this huge investment in the infrastructure of Tennessee State University,” State Rep. Harold Love Jr. said.

Rep. Love helped spearhead the investigation into TSU funding shortfalls. His father first investigated the issue in the 1970’s.

He says this investment could be a game-changer for his Alma Mater.

“This will go a tremendous way to give Dr. Glover the tools she needs to be able to go in and repair buildings and possibly demolish and erect new buildings, all for the point of providing the best opportunity for students to come in and learn,” he said.

This investment is part of Governor Lee’s budget proposal. It still needs to be approved by state legislators before its finalized.

“We are pleased that Governor Bill Lee made Tennessee State University a priority in his budget," TSU President Glenda Glover said in a statement. "Governor Lee has taken a crucial step in highlighting the State’s commitment to our infrastructure needs, but more importantly to our students. His budget recommendation will enhance TSU, directly benefiting our faculty, staff, students, and all Tennesseans. This is a historic moment for TSU and our legacy. I am hopeful that lawmakers will help us build upon that legacy and be a part of it.”

 

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UPDATE 01/17/23​

$250 million goes to TSU for infrastructure projects, none used to add on-campus housing​

A state lawmaker said the money is the single largest one-time investment in a Historically Black College and University in the country.



NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State University announced Monday it has received $250 million in funding from the state to be used on major infrastructure projects.

However, university officials said none of that money will go towards housing at the university which has had housing issues. There is a reason the money will just be for infrastructure projects.



State Rep. Harold Love Jr. (D-Nashville), said that money is the single largest one-time investment in a Historically Black College and University in the country.

Officials said the $250 million will go towards sprucing up six buildings on campus: the Boswell building, Davies Humanities Building, Elliot Hall, McCord Hall, Jackson Hall and Harold Love Sr. Building.

“These were just six of the more challenging buildings that we have,” said Curtis Johnson, the TSU Associate Vice President for Administration.

“We understand that if we are to provide a high-quality education you have to provide facilities that are state of the art,” Love said.

“We’re all so proud of this and the fact that we went after this money that we shouldn’t have had to go after,” said state Sen. Heidi Campbell (D-Nashville).

The infrastructure project is exciting news for some students on campus.

“The building I’m most excited about with this money that’s being spent is the Davies Humanity Building because, for one, we do use that building a lot,” one TSU student said.

The infrastructure project would include fixing things like roofs, doors and windows for the six buildings, some of which administrators said are 50-year-old buildings.

“We’re going to waterproof it. We’re going to do some seal, window and door replacement,” Johnson said about some of the work that would be done on the Boswell Building. “Many of our doors are old and so, in turn, they create challenges one of closing. Being able to stay closed while the HVAC is running being able to secure the doors for safety reason.”

WSMV4, a sister station of WBIR's in Nashville, asked if the money would be used to invest in making the campus housing situation better.

“That particular pot of money does not fund auxiliary, and housing is considered auxiliary, which means labor has to pay its own way,” said Frank Stevenson, TSU Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students. “We have a project now that will create 1,000 new beds on campus and we’re trying to move that as quickly as possible. We’re trying to get on the calendar for the State Building Commission. As soon as we get on that calendar, hopefully in the next month or so, we’ll move forward and expedite that project.”



TSU President Dr. Glenda Glover said during what she described as the HBCU Renaissance, she said it’s a national concern dealing with how to house students.

“Because students are choosing to return to HBCUs, that’s a fact, and in so doing there’s not enough space for students on campus,” Glover said. “We’re working through this amazing phenomenon we’re experiencing. So while we can’t guarantee housing for every student, we can definitely assist students in attaining housing. Trying to locate off-campus housing, we’ve put together some alternative housing for students.”

“It’s very expensive to live in the city and we’re finding a lot of students who need to be here, a lot of upperclassmen who needed to move back on campus,” Stevenson said. “It means we have to push the fast-forward button and get the housing as quickly as we can.”

WSMV4 asked university officials if and how state legislators can help the university with its housing issues.

“They are assisting us,” Glover said.

“The biggest way the state legislators can help us is they expediting the process,” Stevenson said. “So, what normally would take five years to get a building up, maybe we can get that done in two years.”

“I’m never going to get to the point that it’s a bad thing that student wants to come to college, and they want to come here and want to learn,” Glover said.

The 1,000-bed housing project still has to be approved and could take a couple of years to do so.

Officials said the $250 million infrastructure project is a multi-year project, but some work has already begun.

 

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Tennessee Comptroller's office releases report on TSU, floats the idea of replacing campus leadership​

Feb 22, 2023

Spoiler: Comptroller's Report Summary

*TSU response to report

 

[CoryMack]

subs

 

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TSU testimony in front of Senate Ad Hoc Committee​

NewsChannel 5

Feb 23, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After releasing a scathing 82-page report on the state of Tennessee State University, the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury presented his case Thursday to a Senate Ad Hoc Committee.
TSU president Glenda Glover also got the chance to respond to the criticism.
"There is no money missing or misappropriated. No money missing or misappropriated," said Dr. Glover to the committee.
That line got a round of applause from the scores of TSU students and alumni in attendance, which prompted a gaveling down from Chairman John Lundberg, R-Bristol.
"This is an exchange of information, this is not a sporting event," said Sen. Lundberg.

It may not have been a sporting event, but the TSU faithful were clad in their team's colors and each side tried their best to score points.

"It has amazing alumni, but right now, TSU is not a well-run organization," said Jason Mumpower, Tennessee's Comptroller of the Treasury.
In the special report, the Tennessee Comptroller laid out a case for major changes at TSU, focusing in on how TSU leadership knew they had a housing crisis yet quadrupled their 2022 scholarship budget anyway.
"Not only was TSU not prepared to serve these students in terms of housing, they were not prepared to serve them in classroom instruction, in staffing, in food service, in security," said Mumpower.
For the first time since the report was released, Glover defended her actions.
"We’re not perfect beings and we’re not proud of some of the challenges or mistakes that have been identified. We have to own that, and we do, but I am proud of how quickly we address any issue and the substantial progress we have made," said Dr. Glover.
Glover argued if the state had paid the university the $544 million they're owed, this wouldn't have been a problem in the first place. You may remember, a report last year discovered due to a state accounting error, TSU missed out on a lot of funding it should have received.

Glover also says they're adjusting their strategy when it comes to next year's enrollment.
"We heard you, we heard you, we’re going to manage our enrollment to align with our housing capacity," said Glover.
But is it enough to save Glover's job? We asked Lt. Governor Randy McNally.
"The problems that they’ve had there, I think that probably change is in order," said the Republican from Oak Ridge.
We also asked that question at a Tennessee Black Caucus news conference.
"Dr. Glover did an outstanding job responding to those," said Rep. Sam McKenzie, a D-Knoxville. "[Lt. Governor McNally] is just flat wrong on this one."

Lawmakers could also consider the Comptroller's suggestion of dissolving TSU's current Board of Trustees and placing their oversight back under the Tennessee Board of Regents, that currently only governs community and technical colleges. "A system that has no structure whatsoever to support a four-year institution. That is discrimination," said Glover.
We won't know who won this face-off until the committee eventually reconvenes, but to TSU students, it's certainly no game.
"We have a huge support system and we're all like family so when it comes to our school. We're all very serious, and we support each other," said Egypt Johnson, a TSU freshman who attended the hearing.

 

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And then they will accuse the schools of misdirecting funds.

You called it.
Embarrassed after being exposed/confirmed for stealing money from TSU, the same interests are now using that exact pretext to get Dr. Glover out of the paint.

Going past making management recommendations to removing her and the Board of Trustees.

 

[Originalman]

You called it.
Embarrassed after being exposed/confirmed for stealing money from TSU, the same interests are now using that exact pretext to get Dr. Glover out of the paint.

Going past making management recommendations to removing her and the Board of Trustees.

Yep that is the game these states play when it comes to HBCUs (not even counting that in some states they have the ability to appoint board members to these HBCUs).

That why I don't care for the clowns online that do the fake ass online outrage every time an HBCU has a Ms. or Mr. "HBCU fill in the school" that ain't black or some HBCU has a non black soro or frat member. Like none of that shyt is important when these HBCUs are trying to stay afloat due to state neglect and increases in costs to stay open.

If you so got damn upset use that damn energy to do something such as Donate and put pressure on these politicians in your state and other states who are shafting these HBCUs when it comes to the money they are owed.

And I say this as a person who remembers when Mississippi had to pay JSU, Alcorn and Valley millions in the 2000s cause they were screwing them out of money for decades. Yet the state put in a provision where the Mississippi HBCUs had to increase none black enrollment (to like 5% I believe) in order to get the money that was owed to them. Talk about some shady shyt the state did.

Now how are you going to increase non black enrollment in a state that is overwhelmingly White and Black and in a state that is highly racist and segregated. White folks in the state ain't trying to go to an HBCU and whites in surrounding states ain't trying to go to an HBCU. So what did the Mississippi HBCUs do? They started targeting foreign folks from Latin America and whites from Europe offering them scholarships. They were able to get the nonblack enrollment to the required level so that they could get the money that was owed to them.

Then on top of it you had politicians in Mississippi that were mad that the HBCUs in the state had found a work around....these racist something else...SMH!

 

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Yep that is the game these states play when it comes to HBCUs (not even counting that in some states they have the ability to appoint board members to these HBCUs).

That why I don't care for the clowns online that do the fake ass online outrage every time an HBCU has a Ms. or Mr. "HBCU fill in the school" that ain't black or some HBCU has a non black soro or frat member. Like none of that shyt is important when these HBCUs are trying to stay afloat due to state neglect and increases in costs to stay open.

If you so got damn upset use that damn energy to do something such as Donate and put pressure on these politicians in your state and other states who are shafting these HBCUs when it comes to the money they are owed.

And I say this as a person who remembers when Mississippi had to pay JSU, Alcorn and Valley millions in the 2000s cause they were screwing them out of money for decades. Yet the state put in a provision where the Mississippi HBCUs had to increase none black enrollment (to like 5% I believe) in order to get the money that was owed to them. Talk about some shady shyt the state did.

Now how are you going to increase non black enrollment in a state that is overwhelmingly White and Black and in a state that is highly racist and segregated. White folks in the state ain't trying to go to an HBCU and whites in surrounding states ain't trying to go to an HBCU. So what did the Mississippi HBCUs do? They started targeting foreign folks from Latin America and whites from Europe offering them scholarships. They were able to get the nonblack enrollment to the required level so that they could get the money that was owed to them.

Then on top of it you had politicians in Mississippi that were mad that the HBCUs in the state had found a work around....these racist something else...SMH!

100%

These folks are really devils out here. Taking the lifeblood out the best means of economic and social uplift for Black people. Really want us in subservient position forever.
Threatened by Black run institutions.

The mouth breathers who fake outrage about the trending gossip blog stories are useless for anything important.

I must say, you got some creative admins at those MS schools. I remember you telling me about how they worked around the "non Black" %. I have to credit* those redneck lawmakers, though.
As they were walking away from the meeting, the HBCU presidents heard them, they were laughing and joking. He said "Those Black schools will never get that non-Black number up. No way, José "

José ?​

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

After reading all that.... TSU mismanaging/improper use of funds AND TSU being deprived of ~500M over 100+ years are two things that can be true at the same time.... but we all know how the spin is gonna go. "Why give them any money if they're gonna fukk it off?"


Was the Comptroller delving into TSU funds in response to the $250M grant... or by request of alumni/staff/disgruntled students? Or a condition to get the funding?

One thing i have seen from schools that do not own enough of the land around the campus to build on site housing, is permanent reliance on taking over/leasing motels... or just a flat out lack of concern for housing.

 

[Chrishaune]

Tennessee Comptroller's office releases report on TSU, floats the idea of replacing campus leadership​

Feb 22, 2023

Spoiler: Comptroller's Report Summary

*TSU response to report

Isn't that the same dude that was threatening to take over that small black town near Memphis because it was close to the new Ford electric car plant site?

Black folks in Tennessee need to see that man.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Isn't that the same dude that was threatening to take over that small black town near Memphis because it was close to the new Ford electric car plant site?

Black folks in Tennessee need to see that man.

This is why Black people need to control states.


@Left.A1 do you agree with these crackas?

 

[Chrishaune]

This is why Black people need to control states.


@Left.A1 do you agree with these crackas?

They redraw district lines so they can corral all black people in a few districts and nullify voting. This game has been played a long time. Black people won't get a fair shake in this country, because it was never in the plans to do that. Now the Native mixed Hispanics are taking back over, so it will probably be worse in the future. The play has always been go back to the homeland and control the resources there. Run Europeans off the continent.

People are deluding themselves if they think America is going to be nice to African descended people.