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University of Florida presidential pick rejected after criticism of past DEI support
Florida's university leaders on Tuesday blocked Santa Ono from becoming the University of Florida's president after a weeks-long campaign against him by conservative commentators who opposed his past support of diversity initiatives.
The 17-member Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state's public universities, rejected Ono's candidacy a week after the University of Florida's board of trustees voted unanimously to make him the school's next president. Ono, a longtime university administrator, was the only finalist in the selection process.
