The State September 28, 2016 Allen University fires president without explanation Allen University has fired its president and hired an interim leader, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. The historically black school in downtown Columbia on Friday fired Lady June Cole, who had been president three years, without explanation. On Monday, the school hired Ernest McNealey as interim president, according to the sources, who did not wish to be identified. McNealey was president of Stillman College, a historically black college in Alabama, for 16 years until he resigned in 2013. Most recently, he has been an Atlanta-based education consultant. Allen officials have been silent on the transition, saying they cannot talk to media. Repeated efforts to reach members of Allen's board of trustees for comment this week also were unsuccessful. The school had an enrollment of 660 students, as of 2014. Cole's firing was first reported by WIS TV. She took over as president of the African Methodist Episcopal Church-affiliated school in September 2013 after the resignation of former president Pamela Martin Wilson. Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article104743821.html#storylink=cpy SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. 7th Biennial Membership Meeting: Register here http://hbculibraries.org/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/