Pro-Jefferson, anti-DEI trustee confirmed to University of Virginia board

Numerous attempts to cancel a conservative nominee for the University of Virginia board of trustees have officially failed.

A joint resolution in the state legislature passed on Feb. 9 which officially confirmed Bert Ellis, a nominee of Governor Glenn Youngkin, to the university’s Board of Visitors.

A week prior, the editorial board of the campus newspaper said that the university “deserve[s] better” than Ellis. 

The Cavalier Daily board wrote on Jan. 28:

Student and faculty leaders — such as the Student Council Executive Board, Student Council representative body, University Democrats and Faculty Senate — have remained consistent in their opposition to Ellis’ appointment. This community demands better. We, the 133rd and 134th Editorial Boards of The Cavalier Daily, call on our state senators to refuse the appointment of Bert Ellis Jr.