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Nov 22, 2021 · November 22, 2021. (Photo by Logan Wallace) Veronica Meinhard pauses, reflecting on what she wants Ohio State alumni to know about her wife, President Kristina M. Johnson, and herself. Her authenticity comes through in her voice, her eyes, the way she leans forward.
- Sudden Departure Stuns Johnson’s Supporters
- Did Les Wexner Play A Role in Johnson’s Departure?
- Researchers Dub Johnson’s Short Tenure A “Failed Presidency”
- Johnson’s Last Months at The Helm
The reactions were pretty much the same. When news broke about Johnson’s resignation, her admirers responded similarly. “Surprise is an understatement,” says real estate developer Ron Pizzuti, whose former Bexley home, Pizzuti House, is the university’s presidential residence. “Nobody had an inkling of it,” says Stanley Ross, a prominent Ohio State...
At Ohio State, there’s the president, and then there’s the “owner.” Presidents come and go, the joke goes, but the “owner,” Les Wexner, never leaves. Long Columbus’ most powerful leader, Wexner is no longer quite the civic force he once was in Central Ohio after his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became a public scandal. But ...
Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein, researchers at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, call Johnson’s tenure a “failed presidency”—defined as a tenure that ends within the first two years of a contract. The characterization is not a judgment on Johnson’s or any other president’s accomplishments (and doesn’t take them in...
For the next four months, Kristina Johnson will exist in a strange limbo. She will remain in office through May 2023, until the spring commencement ceremony at the end of the academic year. “This will allow a search for the next president to proceed and adequate time for me to assist with a seamless transition,” she said in the Nov. 28 announcement...
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May 20, 2022 · University President Kristina M. Johnson and her wife, Veronica Meinhard, donated $1 million to Ohio State in an effort to fund two scholarships for student athletes and...
Feb 15, 2023 · Kristina M. Johnson shocked the Ohio State University community 11 weeks ago when news spread of her plans to step down as president just halfway through her contract. Since her resignation,...
Nov 30, 2022 · At her first State of the University Address in February 2021, Kristina M. Johnson laid out a set of ambitious goals she planned to tackle over the next decade as Ohio State's 16th president....
Nov 29, 2022 · Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson is leaving at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year. Here is what you need to know about Johnson, who will have served the second shortest...
