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A lawsuit was filed against EMU last month by 11 women who claim the university mishandled several sexual assault cases between 2015 and 2020.
EMU Regent Eunice Jeffries addressed the issue at Thursday’s Board of Regents Meeting. She says they have hired an independent law firm to investigate the matter.
“We will find out and publicly report any way in which we failed to support students or could have done better,” says Regent Jeffries.
Regent Jeffries says they will also do everything within their power to prevent such crimes from happening in the future and to make survivors feel supported after such a life-altering incident.
Gov. Whitmer appoints Wayne County Airport Authority CEO to EMU Board of Regents
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
Chad Newton, CEO of the Wayne County Airport Authority, was appointed to the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday, March 5, 2021.Eastern Michigan University/Wayne County Airport Authority
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YPSILANTI, MI – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Chad Newton, CEO of the Wayne County Airport Authority, has been appointed to the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents.
Newton replaces Rich Baird, who resigned from his position on the board in January after being one of several individuals charged in the Flint water case.
Eastern Michigan University Regent Rich Baird announced Friday he resigned his position on the college s Board of Regents effective immediately.
Baird s resignation comes one day after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel s office charged him, former Gov. Rick Snyder and seven others as part of the Flint water investigation.
In a letter to EMU Board Chairperson Eunice Jeffries, Baird wrote the charges against him are specious and totally without merit. This is a very difficult decision for me, Baird wrote, but one that I believe is in the best interests of the University, which I have loved and supported long before becoming a Regent.
Gov. Whitmer appoints two new members to Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
A sign welcomes visitors along Cross Street near the Ypsilanti Water Tower to Eastern Michigan University s campus in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
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YPSILANTI, MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed two new members to the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents Dec. 28, the university announced.
Detroit native Nathan K. Ford and Jessie Kimbrough Marshall of Grosse Pointe Farms will begin their term on the board Jan. 1, according to a university news release. They succeed Mary Treder Lang and Jim Webb, whose terms expire Dec. 31, the release states.