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on December 05, 2024

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Chancellor Keon's Racist Comments at 2022 Fall Commencement (Click to Read)

Re: the statement made by Chancellor Keon at the graduation ceremony on December 10th. Purdue Northwest has been continuously stating that they are a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus, yet Chancellor Keon comfortably but mocked Asians at the December 10th, 2022 commencement. I implore you to think about Chancellor Keon's comment and understand the effect this will have on our diverse community at Purdue Northwest. We need chancellor Keon to resign for the sake of our university. As the leader of the PNW Respecting, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Team, Chancellor Keon should have been aware of the hurt comments like this cause. Purdue Northwest faculty members passed a no-confidence vote of Chancellor Keon based on these comments and past issues with the university including negative feedback from faculty, issues over pay, hiring decisions the faculty senate has disagreed with, the high turnover in his provost's office, dissatisfaction with how he handled the merger of t...

Open Letter to Chancellor Keon (Click to Read)

Edit: I hid the many comments, but did not delete them. Vicious attacks do not belong in this space. Edit 2 (6 Jan 2023): All I want is my grade to reflect the syllabus => that would be removing the minus from my grade and an apology from the professor. I feel I was not given an opportunity to earn a high grade in the course nor was I given a reasonable opportunity to learn the material. I don't think he is a bad person. I think he made a poor choice given a lack of understanding of accommodations and that the university needs to better train professors in what accommodations are for, why they're given to students, and how they protect both the student and the professor. I am apprised of a current student who feels his/her accommodations are currently lacking and that the university is not doing their due diligence in protecting his/her academic interests or honoring their legal obligations. This seems to be an ongoing issue which suggests an administrative issue. This n...

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