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Ohio State president Kristina M. Johnson announces resignation
Ohio State College president Kristina M. Johnson speaks throughout Intel’s announcement in Licking County. Photograph: Paul Vernon/AP
We anticipated it could be a tricky week for Ohio State, however not like this.
Catch up fast: College president Kristina M. Johnson introduced her abrupt resignation late Monday, shortly after the Columbus Dispatch reported an unnamed consulting agency had investigated unspecified “considerations” raised by her workers.
- Two days later, it is nonetheless unclear why she’ll be leaving subsequent Could and if the approaching departure is embroiled in behind-the-scenes controversy.
Why it issues: OSU is the state’s flagship college and encompasses a large scholar physique bigger than any of Columbus’ suburbs.
- The president’s imaginative and prescient and priorities form not simply the establishment however the whole state, and fast turnover can result in important turmoil.
The most recent: An OSU spokesperson tells Axios “there was not an investigation” and the surface agency was tapped to help with the president’s annual efficiency evaluation.
- However Johnson privately knowledgeable the Board of Trustees of her intent to depart, so the agency didn’t full that evaluation.
- Axios requested the title of the guide in addition to any copies of investigatory findings, however hasn’t heard again but.
Flashback: Johnson was employed in 2020 to stabilize OSU amid the pandemic and declining enrollment throughout most universities nationwide.
- Her background as an engineer, entrepreneur and former undersecretary of vitality through the Obama administration was seen as an ideal match to information the varsity’s long-term future in a area more and more turning into a analysis and tech powerhouse.
What she’s stated: Talking on the Intel groundbreaking in Licking County, Johnson described a must revive the “highly effective private-public partnership of trade, authorities and academia” — a trifecta defining not simply Ohio State, however her personal skilled profession.
And but, she is leaving midway right into a five-year contract, the second-shortest presidential tenure at school historical past.
Between the strains: Nobody accepts such a big and profitable function in greater training with the expectation of lasting simply two years. And the board of trustees wouldn’t rent somebody with that anticipation, both.
What we’re watching: Trustees will start the tough activity of discovering a brand new chief who ideally combines greater training expertise with personable management.
By the numbers: Being OSU president has been in comparison with serving as mayor of a mid-sized U.S. metropolis. Here is why:
- 67,772: College students throughout essential campus and 5 regional campuses
- 475+: Mixed variety of all diploma packages
- 49,325: Whole college, workers and executives
- $6.8 billion: Endowment as of June 2021
- $8.1 billion: College spending in FY2022
- 1,400: Pupil organizations
💭 Our thought bubble: A distinguished establishment like Ohio State will little doubt appeal to good candidates, however this sudden turnover — regardless of the cause — is something however ideally suited.
Notre Dame and Ohio State will be facing off in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game. How did each team get here? Notre Dame — coming off playoff wins against Indiana, Georgia and Penn State — is riding a 13-game winning streak. But the Irish are a heavy underdog in the title game matchup. Ohio State — which went through Tennessee, Oregon and Texas in the playoffs — brings its top-ranked defense in a quest to capture its ninth national championship. This will be the first time Notre Dame reaches the title game in the CFP era after falling in the semifinal in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons. The Buckeyes will be playing in their third CFP title game since winning the inaugural game in 2014.
Here’s a tale of the tape between the two squads ahead of Monday’s CFP National Championship game.
Established: 1890
Conference: Big Ten
Stadium: Ohio Stadium (102,780 capacity)
Head coach: Ryan Day (2019-present)
2024 season record: 13-2
2024 season leaders:
2024 AP Top 25 final ranking: No. 6
Total championships: Eight (2014, 2002, 1970, 1968, 1961, 1957, 1954, 1942)
All-time record: 977-335-53 (.744)
Bowl record: 26-23 (.531)
Heisman winners:
Head-to-head vs. Notre Dame: 6-2, 25.6 points scored per game
Established: 1887
Conference: Independent
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium (80,795 capacity)
Head coach: Marcus Freeman (2021-present)
2024 season record: 14-1
2024 season leaders:
2024 AP Top 25 final ranking: No. 3
Total championships: 13 (1988, 1977, 1973, 1966, 1964, 1949, 1947, 1946, 1943, 1930, 1929, 1924, 1919)
All-time record: 962-338-42 (.740)
Bowl record: 23-18 (.561)
Heisman winners:
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Tim Brown, 1987
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John Huarte, 1964
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Paul Hornung, 1956
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John Lattner, 1953
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Leon Hart, 1949
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John Lujack, 1947
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Angelo Bertelli, 1943
Head-to-head vs. Ohio State: 2-6, 17.4 points scored per game
Check out the ESPN college football hub page for breaking news, features, schedules, rankings and more.
Zaxby’s, a popular fried chicken chain, is getting its first Ohio location in Liberty Township.
A 56-seat Zaxby’s restaurant and drive-thru is planned to open at Freedom Pointe, next to Costco. The development, which was initially planned to be a hotel, will also house three other eateries: E+O Kitchen, which has locations at The Banks, Hyde Park and Loveland; Bismarck Donut and Coffee Shop and El Rancho Grande, said Christy Gloyd, Liberty Township’s marketing and events manager.
Costco opened near Interstate 75 on Cox Road in 2022. Construction on the new restaurants starts this summer, Gloyd said.
“We’re just really excited to be growing over there at Freedom Pointe,” she told The Enquirer. “Having Costco as the anchor is huge. Just to have another family-friendly restaurant and have the variety – to have the Zaxby’s and E+O and El Rancho Grande – I think it’s really going to be a nice offering for our residents.”
Atlanta-headquartered Zaxby’s has over 900 locations in 17 states, mostly in the South and Midwest. The chain is known for its chicken fingers and wings, sandwiches and salads. The closest Zaxby’s locations currently open are over an hour away, in Shelbyville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky.
Sales for license plates featuring Dolly Parton’s face began Monday for $25. All proceeds will go to fund her Imagination Library
Watch: Dolly Parton visits Columbus to promote Imagination Library
Dolly Parton sang a little and told a few jokes at a Tuesday luncheon in Columbus
The Columbus Dispatch
Fans of country music legend Dolly Parton can show off their pride for the singer with a new Ohio license plate.
Ohio drivers can now purchase license plates featuring Parton for $25. The money from each plate will go to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio, a charity that gives children ages 5 and younger a free book each month. The state began selling the plates Monday.
Specifically, the funds will go to the purchaser’s local county program of the library, which it says will pay for mailing a child 12 books, enough for an entire year. Ohio is the second state to offer a license plate supporting the library after Parton’s home state of Tennessee.
First lady Fran DeWine has focused on expanding the Imagination Library in Ohio since her husband Gov. Mike DeWine took office in 2019. She was inspired when she saw her grandchildren receive books through the program and by 2020, it had expanded to all of Ohio’s 88 counties.
“I’m excited to see Ohio as the second state to offer a specialty Dolly Parton license plate to support her program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, in Ohio,” Fran DeWine said in a press release. “With each purchase, $25 will go back to supporting the local program, helping to ensure the program remains available to all families in Ohio.”
The plates are available to purchase online at OPlates.com or in-person at a local deputy registrar license agency.
Gov. DeWine signed House Bill 315 which included the Parton Plates on Jan. 2. The original bill, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, received unanimous yes votes in both chambers before the license plate language was put into the larger HB 315.
Donovan Hunt is a fellow in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism’s Statehouse News Bureau.
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