SUNY Potsdam student, former professor speak out about sexual harassment, abuse allegations
WWNY SUNY Potsdam student, former professor speak out about sexual harassment, abuse allegations By Keith Benman | April 14, 2021 at 5:58 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 9:50 PM
POTSDAM, N.Y. (WWNY) - SUNY Potsdam is handling claims of sexual harassment and alleged abuse. We have new details, an email and a response from one professor who has been accused.
An April 3 Facebook post about alleged sexual assault started it.
“It blew up. People were really mad about it. A lot of people were speaking out,” said Jaiden Widdall, SUNY Potsdam sophomore.
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 9:22 am
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Weej
POTSDAM – A recent gathering aimed to call attention to sexual harassment and sexual assault incidents on SUNY Potsdam’s campus and raised criticism of how they were handled by the college.
The rally included calls for change and included signs that said “Me Too” and “Sexual [email protected].”
Among those in attendance was Jaiden Widdall, a former student who attended Crane from Aug. 2020 to Jan. 2021. She says she experienced sexual harassment from a professor while attending classes there.
In email exchanges with North Country This Week she raised concerns regarding the Title IX process she went through after reporting the incident and was troubled by what she says were efforts by the college and faculty to keep her quiet about her experience.
Rally calls attention to alleged sexual assault and harassment complaints
WWNY Rally calls attention to alleged sexual assault and harassment complaints By Keir Chapman | April 7, 2021 at 5:29 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 9:27 PM
POTSDAM, N.Y. (WWNY) - Not happy with how SUNY Potsdam handles alleged sexual harassment and assault complaints from students, a group spoke up with silence Wednesday.
A rally had students and community members sitting quietly with signs at the college.
Organizers say it’s to represent how the school has been silent about certain claims.
They held the rally because, according to organizers, more students have recently been sharing stories of being sexually assaulted on campus.
POTSDAM â Cries for justice resonated from the corner of Market and Main streets Wednesday, the bells of village churches tolling noon.
Heading east on Market, then marching toward SUNY Potsdamâs Satterlee Hall, about 30 people rallied against sexual assault. Allegations against SUNY Potsdam faculty members surfaced over the weekend on social media platforms â both Facebook and Instagram â and concerns about the universityâs Title IX procedure drew students downtown.
Title IX is a provision of U.S. civil rights law and the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based exclusion or discrimination in any education setting that receives federal financial support.
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