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John V. Griffith

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• ... that a fundraiser begun by Presbyterian College president John V. Griffith was chaired by Bob Staton, a future president of the school? Source: "Griffith led the PC community in a year-long strategic planning initiative that resulted in a bold and innovative plan that guides the college through the first decade of the 21st century as it seeks to strengthen its position as one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the Southeast. The priorities of this plan have been translated into the $160 million Promise and Challenge Campaign.", Staton also served as chair of the College’s Promise and Challenge capital campaign.
  • ALT1: ... that a fundraiser begun by Presbyterian College president John V. Griffith was chaired by a future president of the school? Source: same as ALT0
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5x expanded by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 91 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:00, 22 June 2025 (UTC).

• This looks good to me, it checks off all the criteria as far as I can tell. Nice job! MallardTV ^{Talk to me!} 22:47, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
  •  Note: @PCN02WPS: I find both these hooks extremely dull; I won't be promoting either. Other promoters may disagree. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:32, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
    • Pinging reviewer (MallardTV) and promoter (AirshipJungleman29) for more alternates:

ALT2: ... that Presbyterian College moved to NCAA Division I during the presidency of John V. Griffith? Source: [1]

ALT3: ... that under president John V. Griffith, Presbyterian College established a Confucius Institute following a partnership with Guizhou University? Source: [2]

Hopefully those are better options than what's above. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 13:59, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

• @PCN02WPS: Can you find better sources for those two hooks? I think they're interesting enough, but source 1 only supports that they were nearing entry into NCAA Division I, and source 2 (I had to access through internet archive because it inexplicably became a 404 about a week ago) supports both, but isn't an independent source, and I think it would benefit to support the hooks with an independent source. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

• Given how long this process took (see 2012 announcement here), I am going to throw this out there as a possible amendment:

ALT2a: ... that Presbyterian College began a move to NCAA Division I during the presidency of John V. Griffith?

Using the same source as ALT3, would this work? PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:01, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

• @PCN02WPS: I think that, along with the announcement provided, that should be enough to prove the hook. Include this information and fixes into the article, and I don't think there's any other issues as far as I'm aware. Good work! SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:31, 16 July 2025 (UTC)