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Commission of Diversity hopeful about direction Texas A&M is headed
The commission put together and released a new report. Criteria included community input, literature, reports, policies and a review of campus climate. Author: Tristan Lewis (KAGS) Updated: 10:41 PM CST January 29, 2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas The Texas A&M Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is hoping to build a better campus climate when it comes to more inclusion among faculty and students.
The two co-chairs on the commission, John Hurtado and Jimmy Williams, feel optimistic when it comes to the University System s plan of action in response to their newly released report.
Texas A&M plans to leave a statue of Confederate General and former university president Lawrence Sullivan Ross in place.
According to a report in the Texas Tribune, Texas A&M leadership says the statue will stay where it is: Academic Plaza. This decision comes just days after Interim President John Junkins said the issue was unresolved.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents was asked to make recommendations on the statue and a redesign of the area around the statue, but removing the statue was off the table.
Of course, the decision to leave it where it is was not taken well by those advocating for its removal. Matthew Francis Jr., a junior who served on the commission as a representative of the TAMU chapter of the NAACP, told the Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M officials say moving Sul Ross statue is no longer an option, but students say the university never made that clear
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Tags: The statue of former Texas A&M president Lawrence Sullivan Sul Ross stands fenced off from the rest of campus. The fence was put up by the university following calls to remove the statue as a part of furthering racial and diversity programs. Jan. 15, 2021
Credit: Evan L Roy/Texas Tribune
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Texas A&M leadership is clearing the air: the much-disputed Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, honoring the former university president and Confederate general, is staying put.
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Texas A&M leadership is clearing the air: the much-disputed Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue, honoring the former university president and Confederate general, is staying put.
Interim President John Junkins stressed the school’s intentions to The Texas Tribune on Wednesday, just two days after the university put out a report that characterized the question of the statue’s future as unresolved. Students who have been pushing the university on diversity issues also said they were never told that the issue had been decided.
Junkins said the statue will remain where it is at the center of campus, known as Academic Plaza.