Doug Blackburn

Democrat correspondent

Florida State University is still looking for a new president. Now it's also looking for a new head hunter.

William Funk, a Dallas-based executive search consultant hired by FSU in March, informed FSU Monday that he was withdrawing.

Funk did not elaborate on his reasons in a two-sentence letter to Trustee Ed Burr, who chairs the presidential search advisory committee.

The FSU Faculty Senate approved a resolution of no confidence in Funk, based on the way the search had been handled. It was the first time in more than 400 presidential searches that Funk had been castigated by the faculty at a university.

The search committee next meets this Wednesday.