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Media Credit: File Photos by Jack Borowiak and Jack Fonseca | Staff Photographers As the Board of Trustees conduct its regular review of University President Thomas LeBlanc, some faculty doubt that LeBlanc will be able to rebuild trust with the community. Faculty said University President Thomas LeBlanc may not be able to salvage relationships with the GW community on the heels of a year marked by ongoing tensions between the two and calls for LeBlanc to resign. Tensions between LeBlanc and fac...

From staff reports WHEELING — The West Virginia Northern Community College Faculty Assembly added its voice backing WVNCC President Daniel Mosser in his stance against the memorandum of understanding between the City of Wheeling and Bluefield State College. The group released a letter addressed to the city both supporting Mosser and asking the city to reconsider the memorandum. The MOU is a non-binding agreement that allows BSC to explore moving into one of the buildings at the campus of the ...

Allegations of Anti-Semitism at Linfield The universitys ongoing sexual misconduct scandal involving trustees is a two-headed monster, now that one faculty trustee says he faced anti-Semitism for pushing for reform.   Daniel Pollack-Pelzner/Twitter Linfield University’s president and Board of Trustees chair are facing formal faculty votes of no confidence today after damning straw polls last week. The Pacific Northwest chapter of the Anti-Defamation League has expressed disappointment in the...

Columns By Kiran Hoeffner-Shah Apr 19, 2021 1:22 AM The GW community’s tolerance of University President Thomas LeBlanc’s leadership is dwindling. Students have expressed previous frustration with LeBlanc, ranging from criticism over insensitive remarks to concerns about an extravagant inauguration in his very first semester at GW. Faculty and students have found themselves angered over layoffs and have expressed frustration with LeBlanc’s administrative priorities, like his 20/30 pla...

F.T. Norton Calling for the revocation of Darrell Allison’s appointment as chancellor of Fayetteville State University, the schools Faculty Senate voted Friday to declare that the search for a chancellor had failed, and demanded that interim Chancellor Peggy Valentine be installed to the position.  The Faculty Senate, made up of elected representatives from all branches of the school, met in open session Friday to consider a number of resolutions concerning the growing controversy surroundin...

The survey will mark the widest measure of faculty sentiment toward LeBlanc to date after years of rising tensions.

At its Jan. 21 and 22 meetings, the UNC Board of Governors discussed budget and safety concerns, appointments to vacant positions and the future of North Carolina higher education.

Media Credit: File Photo by Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor The Faculty Assembly, a body open to all faculty members with full-time faculty as voting members, voted 152-25 last month to launch the survey. A group of faculty senators charged with overseeing a faculty-wide survey of University President Thomas LeBlanc said they have already received hundreds of responses since its distribution earlier this month. Senators Susan Kulp, Jamie Cohen-Cole, Shaista Khilji and executive committee ...

Media Credit: File Photo by Grace Hromin | Assistant Photo Editor LeBlanc said officials saw an increase in requested COVID-19 tests and a “modest” increase in positive cases among the on-campus cohort after Thanksgiving break, which he said is likely tied to an increase in travel around the holiday. Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 5:39 p.m. Based on current data about the COVID-19 vaccine, University President Thomas LeBlanc says a full return to campus next fall seems “unlikely.” LeBlanc sa...