Marva Johnson

The news comes as the FAMU board of trustees prepares to meet on Wednesday

Calls her new role a "sacred obligation"

President-elect Marva Johnson calls it "an historic level of funding” for the university

The board voted unanimously to approve Johnson despite loud opposition from segments of the FAMU community.

Florida A&M University is proposing a $650,000 salary for its new president, Marva Johnson. According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be $150,000 more than her predecessor was making.

This week nearly 1,000 people met by Zoom to plan targeted boycotts and lobbying efforts

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 latest was Friday, when Marva Johnson was tapped to be FAMU's 13th president

The four finalists have each spent a day on campus this week, meeting with members of the university community

Movie producer and FAMU alum Will Packer came to campus, too, and spoke in the amphitheater he'd donated to the school