Longtime academic Santa Ono has been rejected for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Ono resigned his U-M job last month when he was named the sole finalist for the top job at Florida. The Free Press was unable to reach Ono for comment.

Florida state university leaders voted to reject Santo Ono as president of the University of Florida, following Republican backlash over the former University of Michigan president’s previous support for diversity programs.