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“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”

Following a hiring controversy, Dean Mark Welsh has been appointed as the acting president of Texas A&M University.

M. Katherine Banks said that the negative attention over the journalism director, Kathleen McElroy, was a distraction for Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country.

President Katherine Banks said the mishandled hire of Kathleen McElroy, who sparked concern about her research on DEI practices, was a distraction.

Katherine Banks exits as fact-finding committee examines botched recruitment of Kathleen McElroy as director of journalism

Texas A&M university president M. Katherine Banks resigned late Thursday evening following accusations that the hiring of a Black editor for its journalism department was mishandled.

After a week of turmoil over the botched hiring of a black journalist to revive the Texas A&M University journalism department, M. Katherine Banks resigned as the university’s president.

On Thursday, July 27, Texas A&M College of Arts and Sciences leaders will present to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or THECB, in hopes of gaining approval for its

Rex currently operates seven 737-800NGs and the additional two aircraft will take its 737 fleet to nine.

Texas A&M University has given itself a black eye in an embarrassing one-two punch that continues to fester.