Bendapudi, who took over as Penn State’s president in May, met with the search committee in September to discuss the center. Three university employees who were present at the meeting told Spotlight PA this was the first indication the committee received that the university would not support the project. In an Oct.
In their letter, members of the search committee pressed Bendapudi to share publicly her plans to address racism across the university. Bendapudi identified other diversity and equity priorities in the university release, such as closing identity-based gaps in graduation rates, diversifying faculty, and promoting professional development opportunities for employees.Oct. 20 meeting of the university trustees’ Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life
Maybe BlackLivesMatter can fund it…sell some of their million dollar homes, expensive cars…put some of those donations to a valid use!