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University of Florida’s latest presidential pick is another DEI-pusher
Florida is supposed to be the state where woke goes to die. So why is the new presidential pick for the University of Florida a DEI enthusiast?
“Safe to Pee.” That was just one wacky woke initiative Stuart R. Bell oversaw as president of the University of Alabama, in this case to prevent “discrimination against gender variant people in public restrooms.”
Earlier this month, a search committee at the University of Florida—the flagship institution of the state where Gov. Ron DeSantis says “woke goes to die” — unanimously recommended Bell as the sole candidate to be UF’s next president. DeSantis almost immediately endorsed him as a “great selection” who enjoys his “full support.”
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Sourced from Newsdata · Florida Government · indexed by Statura on June 7, 2026. Statura indexes Florida political news and tags it by industry and jurisdiction so government-affairs teams can monitor signal without scanning every outlet by hand. Read the full story at Newsdata · Florida Government ↗
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