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Post by Bornthrilla on Jun 25, 2024 12:31:34 GMT -5
A $20 million donation is a PR win.
You have to work real hard to turn that into a PR embarrassment.
Westcoastaggie should not have to send out emergency emails to random people and we should not even be having this conversation right now.
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jun 25, 2024 12:33:01 GMT -5
I don't think Ken Sigmon is a random person in this case.
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Post by bluehaze on Jun 25, 2024 12:38:13 GMT -5
Thanks WCA, people are on edge and looking for anything to latch onto negatively. I saw a Facebook post today from someone complaining that the $20 million should've been used to build a hotel. SMH...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jun 25, 2024 12:40:42 GMT -5
Why would we need a hotel? lol
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jun 25, 2024 12:41:58 GMT -5
Thanks WCA, people are on edge and looking for anything to latch onto negatively. I saw a Facebook post today from someone complaining that the $20 million should've been used to build a hotel. SMH... No problem. And that FB post is why I troll you all in the Aggies FB Group. It's difficult to take some of us seriously.
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Post by bluehaze on Jun 25, 2024 12:43:15 GMT -5
My point exactly!! I guess they were trying to say it would be better to have a hotel close to campus for Homecoming and events and that would be more profitable than the endowment. Comments like that are why I'm glad the admissions requirements are going up
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jun 25, 2024 12:51:29 GMT -5
The last person who I remember lobbying for A&T to have a hotel on campus was our friend lopengula.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jun 25, 2024 13:17:06 GMT -5
I just emailed Ken Sigmon about the press release being removed from the website. Hopefully, I get an answer soon before you all start bugging out on social media. From the VC himself: And if someone wants to see a screenshot of the email, good grief! I really appreciate you efforts...and going right to the source of the information. Folks on this site can be a trip sometimes. We have solid leadership, you can't always assume the worst in every situation.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jun 25, 2024 13:28:37 GMT -5
In light of the FAMU debacle, if a major donation gets announced ... and then that announcement gets deleted from all school platforms, I am gonna be a tad bit worried.
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jun 25, 2024 13:50:30 GMT -5
We. Are. Not. FAMU.
Good damn grief.
Please also note that FAMU got $0 from MacKenzie Scott while we obtained a transformative $40 million.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jun 25, 2024 13:57:01 GMT -5
And that MacZenzie Scott announcement didn't suddenly get deleted 24 hours later.
It is not normal to announce a major donation and then delete every mention of that donation from all your platforms.
When you do stuff like that, people start to get concerned and some might even send emails to school administrators to find out what it actually going on.
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jun 25, 2024 14:04:24 GMT -5
And that MacZenzie Scott announcement didn't suddenly get deleted 24 hours later. It is not normal to announce a major donation and then delete every mention of that donation from all your platforms. When you do stuff like that, people start to get concerned and some might even send emails to school administrators to find out what it actually going on. I mean, yeah. But if the school wants to edit the PR materials for whatever reason, it's their prerogative. Either way, they should be releasing the materials back out today.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jun 25, 2024 14:52:35 GMT -5
Can we get back to celebrating NCAT receiving a $20 million gift...instead of what the university puts, or takes down on the website. FAMU admin dropped the ball big time, but that's on them...we can't hold that against the admin at NCAT. I'm not aware of our people mishandling a gift (or lack of a gift) the way FAMU did...I can see having a little chuckle about what happed at FAMU after we get a gift this large, but this is NCAT...come on guys,
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Post by bluehaze on Jun 25, 2024 15:21:06 GMT -5
Can we get back to celebrating NCAT receiving a $20 million gift...instead of what the university puts, or takes down on the website. FAMU admin dropped the ball big time, but that's on them...we can't hold that against the admin at NCAT. I'm not aware of our people mishandling a gift (or lack of a gift) the way FAMU did...I can see having a little chuckle about what happed at FAMU after we get a gift this large, but this is NCAT...come on guys, Our total endowment in 2010 was less than $20 million dollars. Some times people can't see the forest for the trees....
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Post by The Professor on Jun 25, 2024 15:29:25 GMT -5
It's sad that it has come to this
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