Widener
Univ
ersity
August
1,
20
11
James
T.
Harris,III,D. Ed.PresidentandProfessor
of
Educati0
:1
WidenerUniversityOneUniversityPlaceChester,
P
J\
19013Dear President Harris:
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Inaccordance with Section 7(a)
of
the Faculty Member DiscriminationandHarassment
Code
("Code"),I amforwarding my recommendation for disciplinary measures to beimposedupon ProfessorLawrence Connell.
My
recommendation follows theReportof
the Formal Hearing Committeedated July20,2011,attachedheretoas Exhibit ''
A''
which concludes that"[t]hereis clearandconvincing
ev
idencethat ProfessorConnell has
violated the Codepertainingtoretaliation."
J
accept the conclusions
ofthc
Committeeand appreciate the effort
of
the Committee members and service to
the Law
Schoolcommunity infulfillingthepurposes
and
proceduresset forth intheUniversity's
Discrimination
and
HarassmentCode.Since the commencement
of
thediscnmination and harassment complaint againstProfessorConnell by the
two
students involved,Professor Connell has also
(I)
refu
se
d toparticipate intheinformal resolutionprocess contained
in
theCode; (2)repeatedly
violatedtheconfidentialityprovisionsexpressly set
fo
rth
in theCodeinSection 5(
f)
andthe publicity prohibitioninSection 6(d)
(see
Exhibit
"B
''
attached hereto);and.
(3)
inretaliation for the institution
of
the complaint against him.
thr
eatened, and ultimatelyinstituted,litigation against the complaining students.Inaddition to the
Committee'
sfinding thatProfessorConnellhasviolatedtheCode,
each
of
the aboverelated actionsby
ProfessorConnell constitutes a breach
of
hisemployment contract.As a result,
it
is
my
recommendation thatProfessorConnell besuspended,without
pa
y.effective as
of
Augustl,2011,fora period
of
one year;provided,however,that
Professor
Connell's
suspension shall continueindefinitely until ProfessorConnellhas
complied with the conditions set forth below. For the benefit
of
thecomplainingstudents
against whomProfessorConnell retaliated,
it
is also my recommendati
on
thatProfessorConnell be banned from campus
at
leastthrough the graduation
of
one
of
the complainingstudentsin2012. Effortswill be
rnad
P
tominimize
any
contactbetweenProfessor
Connell
and
theother
comp!airla
JJt
v.
.
iO
is
an
extended
division
student
and
is
scheduled
to graduate in 2013. Finally,it
ic;
rnyrecommendation that Profes
sor Connell'
ssuspension,without pay,continue tobe in force until such time asProfess
or
Cormcllmeets the following conditions:
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In Re Connell - August 1, 2011 Letter of Linda L. Ammons
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