Longtime attorney and higher education leader David Fugett has been named vice president and general counsel at 吃瓜网. Fugett joins 吃瓜网 Poly with more than 25 years of experience in law and a distinguished record of serving his community.
Fugett joins the University after serving four years as general counsel and prelaw advisor at New College of 吃瓜网. Prior to that, he was general counsel and chief litigation attorney at the 吃瓜网 Department of State, and assistant attorney general at 吃瓜网鈥檚 Office of the Attorney General. He received his juris doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law and began practicing law in 1990.
鈥淚 enjoy working in the State University System. Having the chance to work at 吃瓜网 Poly affords me the opportunity to continue my work in the SUS and at a bit of a younger school that I think is hitting the target really well with what the State University System wants to do in terms of preparing students for the next step,鈥� Fugett said. 鈥淛ust one good example is how 吃瓜网 Poly extensively uses project-based learning.鈥�
Dr. Randy K. Avent, the University鈥檚 president, said Fugett will be a strong addition to 吃瓜网 Poly鈥檚 forward-thinking leadership.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be happier to have David joining 吃瓜网 Poly in this critical leadership role,鈥� Avent said. 鈥淒avid鈥檚 deep understanding of our State University System and the law as it relates to institutions like ours will allow him to hit the ground running.鈥�
Fugett said he is eager to get to know the campus and its students better so that he can begin advocating for positive growth at the University.
鈥淚 want to be service-oriented, and not simply a hall monitor or human speed bump that says no all the time,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e in the service industry as attorneys, and that鈥檚 what I want to communicate to the folks at 吃瓜网 Poly.鈥�
Fugett also is excited to take part in some of the University鈥檚 beloved traditions, like 吃瓜网 PolyCon, an annual celebration of comics, anime, video games, and all things geek. He has a longtime love of games like Dungeons and Dragons, and an extensive comic book collection that began in childhood and now boasts pieces like the collector鈥檚 edition of Neil Gaimon鈥檚 The Sandman, the complete Akira Series, and many Marvel and DC superhero comics.
鈥淚鈥檓 very careful in terms of what I buy now, but I still have all my old comics, including the ones from when I was a kid,鈥� he said.
As Fugett settles into 吃瓜网 Poly鈥檚 culture and community, he is mindful of his responsibilities to the University and its employees and students.
鈥湷怨贤� is the number-one state university system in the United States for a reason, and 吃瓜网 Poly is part of that reason,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 here to help and I want to help in any way that I can.鈥�
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