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A couple of presidents -- Albany State University's Marion Fedrick, left, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter -- enjoy a moment together.

 Special Photo: Reginald Christian/ASU

ALBANY -- Shortly after Marion Fedrick arrived in Albany for a "short-term stay" to help the university through a period of transition, she found herself wondering if she'd made the right decision to leave her position with the University System of Georgia to become ASU's executive vice president, serving as a bridge of sorts while the University System of Georgia sought a new president for the institution.

"So many people were wonderful when I first came here (in 2017), they kind of jumped on the bandwagon and were ready to do what they could to help," Fedrick said during a conversation that, ironically, came only an hour or so before she announced she was leaving the university to take a dual position with Georgia State University and in Chancellor Sonny Perdue's office. "But, in all honesty, there were a host of people who did not.

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