Updated Factual Sheet For Protest
__________________________________________________________________________________-The deaf culture and deaf identity issues are red herrings to distract the media and the public away from the real issues.
REAL ISSUES:
A flawed presidential candidate search and ineffectual leadership of Dr Fernandes the last eleven years.
-88% of faculty members, Clerc Center, Student Congress, Student Body Government, Gallaudet Alumni Association and National Association of the Deaf calling for resignations.
-Three no-confidence votes given to Fernandes as provost the last six years by the faculty senate.
-Provost given to Fernandes without the shared governance of Faculty Senate, in violation of the national universities procedures
-Tenure of Fernandes illegally granted without the permission of the faculty senate.
-Letter from Clerc Center explaining the damages Fernandes have created during her years as Vice President prior to her appointment as a Provost. http://news.gufssa.com/category/fssa/staff/clerc-center/
-7 out of 20 Board of Trustees are opposed to Fernandes’s appointment, contradicting Gallaudet’s statement that the Bot are unanimous in the appointment of Fernandes.
-Poor reviews of the academic programs by Dept of Education the last five years, accumulating with a failing grade last year. PART: (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/summary.10003306.2005.html )
-Controversial policy restricting the students’ expressions last June http://www.xanga.com/MishkaZena/527466427/controversy-over-gallaudets-new-policy.html
-Over many years, Fernandes didn’t have constructive dialogues with the faculty, staff, and students and to this day, she still refuses to have any effective dialogue.
-Her claims of being only one to lead the university is false. Many very qualified people are available to lead the university
-Gallaudet always have students with diverse communication modes from the first year of its establishment. Many wear hearing aids, some are hard of hearings, many from mainstreamed programs, some wearing cochlear implants.
-Public relations department issuing erroneous statements to the media: DPS brutality did happen. Students did get injured. Protesters didn’t close MSSD and Kendall School. -
-Fernandes had threatened BoT and University in a private e mail
-Fernandes claimed that the protesters are terrorists and anarchists. On the contrary, this is a peaceful and civil protest.
-Systematic intimidation and harassment on students, including protesters, by campus security guards, most who are not fluent in sign language.
-Lack of concern exhibited by Fernandes toward students injured and traumatized by misconduct of DPS and the hunger strikers.
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There are more to add to the Factual Sheet:
1) Professor Robert Johnson’s commentary(lies, fertilizer, and many others)
2) Lack of communication between the board and campus. The office of President controls the letters the people send to the board.
3) The large accounting company KMPG, hired to audit the Gallaudet finances, has its employee on the Gallaudet board. Smells fishy??
Greg, I didn’t know that the large accounting firm has one members on the board. I would see that a big conflict of interest. Who would that person be?
The accounting firm is KPMG. The board member, employed by that firm, is Frank Ross. He joined the board in 2004.
I don’t know if it is really a conflict of interest. I am no a financial expert.
it’s definately a conflict of interest. The audit must be impartial and free from influence by the President and BOT. The best way to do it impatially is to have the board select a few possible auditors and then selected by the full BOT members. The auditors must go through screening process to ensure there are no conflict of interest. This really concerns me because of ethical issues. Although CPA’s are required to follow code of ethics, but having a board member whose firm does the auditing is not serving in the best interest of the uiversity. The Congress should check this out. There must be a manual on principles of accounting and auditing practices. GEEZ, another problem with handpicked board members…What next?