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Todays writers are Richard Sartiano and Tim Tiernon of Fort Wayne and Terry Smith of Decatur

The Urban League of NWI is taking steps to remove Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon from its Board of Directors in the continuing fallout from Keon’s racist remarks at a Dec. 10 commencement ceremony.

Purdue University Northwest kicked off its spring semester by announcing a new executive director for Diversion, Equity and Inclusion at a time when the school faces continued calls for Chancellor Thomas Keon to resign over a racist comment he made during one of the Fall Commencement ceremonies Dec. 10.

The Urban League’s national and local offices have joined the call for Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon to step away from one of his community leadership roles after a racist remark he made during one of last month’s commencement ceremonies.

Purdue Northwest faculty members want Chancellor Thomas L. Keon to step down after a racist remark. Keon is clinging to his job despite a reprimand from the Board of Trustees.

Purdue University says its Board of Trustees has formally reprimanded the top official of its northwestern Indiana campuses over his mocking of Asian languages during a recent commencement ceremony. The faculty senate of Purdue University Northwest has demanded the resignation of Chancellor Thomas Keon despite his apology over his impression of a fake Asian-sounding language during the Dec. 10 event. The university’s statement released Thursday called Keon’s action an “offhand attempt at h...

The faculty senate of Purdue University Northwest has demanded the resignation of Chancellor Thomas Keon despite his apology over his impression.

Purdue University's Board of Trustees have formally reprimanded Chancellor Thomas Keon over his impression of a fake, "Asian-sounding" language at a commencement event.

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.

PNW Faculty Senate Chair Thomas Roach sent anonymous ballots to roughly 238 members of the university’s staff and faculty