Mangum accepts FAMU’s contract offer, will begin April 1

Elmira Mangum is ready to put her signature on FAMU’s contract offer and report to work on April 1, 2014.

“We are pleased that we have approved the terms of the presidential contract and in speaking with Dr. Elmira Mangum tonight, she has agreed to accept the terms in the updated contract,” FAMU Board of Trustees Chairman Solomon Badger, III, said in written statement. “We look forward to our meeting with the Board of Governors on February 20 to confirm her appointment.”

On Thursday afternoon, FAMU trustees narrowly approved an employment agreement that met all of the major requests that Mangum made.

Mangum had asked the board to reverse its previous vote to reduce her post-presidential salary from 90 percent to 75 percent. She also expressed her desire for a university-bought car after the trustees struck a $1,000 per vehicle allowance from the proposed contract.

FAMU trustees approved those changes with a 8-4 vote.

The board did make one modification to the contract offer. The new terms state that Mangum will only receive a six month paid sabbatical if she leaves the presidency before the end of the three year agreement.

Mangum will receive a base salary of $425,000 per year.