HONOLULU (AP) ? The University of Hawaii is expected to announce its new athletic director Friday, as it seeks to put the fallout from a botched charity concert behind it.
The university said Manoa Chancellor Tom Apple had met with each of two finalists, whose candidacies were advanced by a special search committee. A university spokeswoman said Thursday that Apple had pledged to keep the identities of candidates confidential in an effort to attract high-quality applicants.
The successful candidate will replace Jim Donovan, who was given a new post following a bungled Stevie Wonder concert and athletic department fundraiser earlier this year. The university cleared Donovan of any wrongdoing but a state Senate report last month said the incident had tarnished the university's reputation nationally and within Hawaii.
The Senate Special Committee on Accountability said a lack of oversight and communication among athletic department officials, the university's general counsel and its disbursing office contributed to the problem. It concluded the university could have avoided losing the $200,000 it wired as a deposit if officials had performed due diligence on a company claiming to be Stevie Wonder's booking agent, Epic Talent LLC.
The university called off the event in July, after Wonder's agents notified them that Epic had no authority to set up events for the singer.
A North Carolina man has pleaded not guilty to charges he defrauded the school.
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