MUNCIE — As the end of the 2015-16 academic year approaches at Ball State University, the controversial Paul Ferguson saga also appears to have been put to rest.
The University Senate on Thursday adopted a resolution "supporting a campus community united in its mission" and elected a new senate chairman who said he has "great pride and respect for our institution" over a reform candidate who had compared the board of trustees to the politburo.
Kourtland Koch, an associate professor of special education, was elected chairman of the senate, whose members represent faculty, staff and students (the president is also a senator).
"I am no stranger to changes," said Koch, who earned a bachelor's degree in social studies from The Citadel while it was headed by four different presidents, including ex-POW Vice Admiral James Stockdale.
Ball State's trustees were criticized by many faculty and students for the lack of transparency in the unexplained resignation of Ferguson in late January after only 17 months in office.
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