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John Engler to resign as Michigan State University interim president

Larry Nassar survivors and their parents erupted in calls for the Michigan State board to fire John Engler. “Shame on you,” mother Leslie Miller said. Matthew Dae Smith, Lansing State Journal

John Engler will resign as interim president of Michigan State University, multiple sources told the Free Press on Wednesday.

The move comes hours after the board set a special meeting for early Thursday morning with the intent to fire him, the sources said.

Engler has been under heavy criticism for the past year, since he took over for Lou Anna Simon, who herself resigned under heavy criticism for her handling of the Larry Nassar sexual assaults scandal.