Chairman Mori Hosseini, however, did not say what UF trustees would do next to find a new president for Florida’s flagship university.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Santa Ono was rejected in his bid to become the University of Florida president in a Tuesday Board of Governors vote. The Florida state university system’s Board of Governors met June 3 at the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando to approve a motion to confirm Ono as president.