With a vote of 135 to 20, the majority of Purdue University Northwest’s tenured, tenure-track and clinical faculty voted to give Chancellor Thomas Keon a vote of “no-confidence” after a racist remark he made at the Dec. 10 morning commencement ceremony.
Administrators with faculty status — department heads, deans, and some members of the senior leadership team — were also included in the vote, according to a letter the Post-Tribune obtained that Faculty Senate Chair Thomas Roach issued Wednesday morning.
“Chancellor Keon’s remarks are not incidental. Rather, they reflect the culture of PNW’s Senior Leadership Team and the deeply rooted, systemic bigotry that is endemic in our school and that permeated Purdue University Calumet prior to the creation of PNW,” Morrow wrote. “In fact, the only thing that is striking about the 2022 commencement is the public nature an egregiously racist statement.
“As the petition signed by 2,174 people makes clear: Our purpose is to fight back against the long and continuous attack on Black, Latinx, and White working-class students at Purdue University Northwest through the firing of Black faculty and staff members as well as the stripping of resources that aid in the education of these students,” Morrow said in her letter.
“The Board of Trustees is the only entity that has the legal authority to hold Chancellor Keon accountable, and I have joined the many people who have asked the BOT to require his resignation,” Morrow said. “ harms student learning and limits the contributions that PNW could be making to the region’s well-being.
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