Florida A&M University

Angela Suggs, a former CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation, is facing multiple charges after she was accused of financial misconduct during her previous role.

Suggs, who was hired by her alma mater in September, is accused of misusing a credit card issued to her when she was CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation.

During a two-hour Board of Trustees meeting, the final decision was made to approve Marva Johnson's salary package. Throughout the meeting, concerns were raised regarding the proposed budget and the justification for the salary plan.

According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be making $150,000 more than her predecessor,

Keepers of the Flame hosted an online meeting that drew nearly 1,000 to discuss political and economic strategies.

State Attorney General James Uthmeier credited Johnson getting the job to the DeSantis administration, which has steadily exerted direct influence on public university presidential picks.

The board of Florida's only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school's next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni.

It's expected on Friday. The four finalists have each spent a day on campus this week, meeting with members of the university community.

While Marva Johnson, who has ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis, fielded questions from trustees, dozens of students and alumni gathered to protest her candidacy at a rally on campus.

The four finalists will visit the campus, and the Board of Trustees will vote on Friday.

Florida A&M is one of several universities across the country that lost grant funding from NIH this calendar year, as the Trump administration sought to cap the agency’s for indirect costs and/or overhead expenses for universities.

Organizers are encouraging people to not to spend any money as an act of “economic resistance” to protest billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties.