HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Purdue College mentioned Thursday its Board of Trustees had officially reprimanded the highest reliable of its northwestern Indiana campuses over his mocking of Asian languages all the way through a up to date graduation rite.
The college’s remark launched Thursday referred to as Keon’s motion an “offhand strive at humor” that was once “extraordinarily offensive and insensitive.” The remark mentioned whilst the “offensive observation does no longer mirror a trend of conduct or a gadget of ideals held by way of Dr. Keon, the Board has made transparent to him {that a} repeat incident of a identical nature would offer grounds for additional Board motion, together with imaginable dismissal.”
School senate Chairman Thomas Roach mentioned 87% of school participants who spoke back to a ballot this week voted no-confidence in Keon and puzzled why Purdue officers have been supporting him.
“No college school must be represented by way of any individual that they don’t settle for,” Roach mentioned.
Purdue Northwest has about 9,000 scholars at campuses in Hammond and Westville.