Dr. Sydney Dillard, a professor in the College of Communication, is suing DePaul for racial and disability discrimination.
The letter appears to reference recent lawsuits filed by Drs. Sydney Dillard and Lisa Calvente, both of whom sued DePaul in 2020 for racial discrimination. Former law professors Terry Smith and Sumi Cho also sued the university on grounds of racial discrimination in 2018 and 2019, respectively.Â
Faculty and staff lament limited opportunities for growthÂ
The statement also addressed concerns from faculty and staff regarding a perceived lack of opportunity for professional growth within the university, with both parties expressing feeling âcultural taxation â heavy service, mentoring demands, and diversity work that goes uncompensated and undervalued, and frequently made them targets for racial hostility.âÂ
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Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor|April 25, 2021
Eighty-five communication scholars from all corners of the country condemned DePaul for fostering a “toxic environment that threatens the health, wellbeing, livelihoods and lives of scholars of color” in a petition sent April 12 to the university’s upper administration and College of Communication deans.
“It is clear that DePaul’s College of Communication deploys practices and procedures that are aggressively hostile towards BIPOC faculty offering a clear example of how white supremacist and racist structures operate in higher education with impunity,” the petition reads.
The appeal points to the cases of Drs. Sydney Dillard and Lisa Calvente both of whom filed discrimination lawsuits against the university in 2020 as evidence of the need for urgent change to the way faculty of color are treated at DePaul.
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Rebecca Meluch, News Editor|March 31, 2021
On March 31, DePaul University’s Office of the President sent out an email to DePaul faculty, staff and students entitled “Statement Against Hate” and “Here, We Stand Together.”
The email quotes a message from St. Vincent de Paul followed by “Love and hate cannot coexist, so there is no room for hate here.”
The statement, signed by 31 top DePaul administrators, including DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban and interim Provost Salma Ghanem, also condemns racism and violence.
“We support all who are part of our university community,” it reads. “We affirm that hate has no home here.”
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Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor|March 14, 2021
Alik Schier has trouble viewing his college classes as what they are: school.
“I know I’ve got to do class, but it’s like camera off, mic off, taking notes and then ‘bye!’” the DePaul freshman said, slamming an imaginary laptop.
Schier is just one of 19.6 million American college students who plunged into online schooling last spring when the Covid-19 pandemic began infecting millions, decimating normal everyday life. A year later, the effects that those changes have had on students are becoming apparent.
“Online school is one of the most challenging experiences, especially when starting a completely new format of schooling in general,” said Austin Glass, a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “I don’t know the expectations other than just get work done, and it’s honestly stressful when that becomes my entire identity at the school. I feel like success has been reduced c