Saint Augustine’s University fired President Christine McPhail this week and also suffered a setback on its shaky accreditation status, according to statements issued by the SAU Board of Trustees.  McPhail was hired as president of the private historically Black university in North Carolina in February 2021, stepping into the role after the death of her husband, Irving Pressley McPhail, who briefly served as SAU’s president in 2020 before becoming an early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.