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University of Florida

Ben Sasse steps down as president of the University of Florida

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

From Sasse’s X feed: Dear Gator Nation and cherished friends, This isn’t an easy note to write but wanted to give you an update on our family. As many of you know, my wife Melissa suffered an aneurysm and series […]

Ben Sasse: “Harvard, Princeton, and Yale were originally founded as seminaries. They are seminaries once again.” 

John Fea   |  December 15, 2023

While I probably wouldn’t call early Harvard, Princeton, and Yale “seminaries,” I take Ben Sasse‘s point. As some of you recall, Sasse left the United States Senate earlier this year and became president of the University of Florida. Here is […]

Will Ben Sasse, the new president of the University of Florida, bow to Ron DeSantis?

John Fea   |  February 7, 2023

Yesterday was former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse’s first day as president of the University of Florida. We are all waiting to see how he will get along with Florida governor Ron DeSantis, especially as it relates to “wokeness.” Here is […]

Students at the University of Florida protest Ben Sasse’s visit

John Fea   |  October 12, 2022

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of Florida. Sasse has been a vocal critic of Trump and Trumpism. Court evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress once called him a “disgrace to the Republican Party, […]

Report: Ben Sasse will resign his Senate seat to become president of the University of Florida

John Fea   |  October 6, 2022

Here is CNN: Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a prominent voice in the Republican Party who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, plans to resign from the Senate by the end of the year […]