Barron Mayfield has several goals he wants to accomplish during his term as ASB president, one of which is getting student representation on the IHL board. Photo by Katherine Butler.

ASB President says Boyce is capable, search process was destructive

ASB President Barron Mayfield approved the selection of Glenn Boyce as chancellor but did not approve of the actions of the IHL in selecting him. File Photo by Katherine Butler.

ASB President Barron Mayfield said that Chancellor Glenn Boyce was capable even though the search process was destructive to the university at a campus update to the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees at its meeting on Thursday.

Mayfield started his speech with accomplishments of the student body throughout this semester including hosting Everybodyโ€™s Formal, having record voter turnout in personality elections which resulted in the first ever Homecoming King and hosting the Longest Table event. 

โ€œIt is an exciting, interesting time to be a student at the University of Mississippi,โ€ Mayfield said. โ€œYou know, this semester we held our fourth annual Everybodyโ€™s Formal, a formal open to every student regardless of academic major or organizational affiliation. We were able to put on this event by spending no student fees or fundraising and raised nearly $25,000 for that.โ€

He then transitioned into what he called a period of โ€œtremendous pain and incredible lossโ€ for the campus in reference to the murder of student Ally Kostial, the surfacing of a photo of university students in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till memorial and the shortened chancellor search process. 

โ€œFortunately, Dr. Boyce has proven to be a strong and capable leader,โ€ Mayfield said. โ€œHeโ€™s a student-centered individual who has been willing to take on issues that we have not been able to get traction on in years, and I am incredibly thankful for the leadership that he has provided over the last few months. However, putting the product aside, the process broke trust with the university community, and I do believe it has done incredible harm to the university that we will be dealing with for years and years to come.โ€

Mayfield also said that he thought the IHL Board had the best interest of the stateโ€™s public universities, but he would like to see students, faculty, alumni and staff included in decision-making processes that will affect them in the future.

โ€œThis is really the first time that weโ€™ve been able to address the Board directly (about the chancellor search process), and so I thought it was the appropriate time to say something,โ€ Mayfield said. โ€œBecause it has dominated so much of our year, and itโ€™s been very high profile, and I couldnโ€™t not say anything about it.โ€

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