Rollin C. Richmond
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Rollin Constantine Richmond has been president of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, since May 2002. Before taking that position he was provost and genetics professor at Iowa State University, leading research on the genetic mechanisms of evolution and the genetic bases for the effects of psychoactive drugs in fruit flies. He has also served in various positions at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of South Florida, and Indiana University.
Richmond has worked to increase funding and enrollment at the university, leading him into a number of public controversies:
- He opposes medicinal marijuana in Arcata, believing that Humboldt County's liberal stance toward marijuana may be driving away prospective students.[1]
- In 2005, on the advice of consulting firm Noel-Levitz, he led the building of stucco gateways on the main road leading to the campus, at a cost of $350,000.[2] Critics have called the gateways a waste of money and their Mission style racist.[3]
- He proposed a $202 fee increase against the recommendation of the Fee Advisory Committee and the Associated Students, leading the Associated Students to censure him on April 18, 2007.[4]
- His drive to emphasize research, which opponents say undermines the university's long-standing teaching tradition, has led him into conflict with faculty.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Budding Controversy: Local medicinal pot growers fight to stay" The Lumberjack, April 18, 2007
- ^ "Please Enter Here", North Coast Journal, Aug. 18, 2005
- ^ "Gateways of Oppression?", North Coast Journal, Nov. 17, 2005
- ^ Resolution to Censure President Rollin Richmond
- ^ "Star professor Stone Brusca won't dine with the administration", North Coast Journal, January 19, 2006
