Below is an article that I, Nico Vitti ’12, wrote and would like to share with the Wesleyan community. If you are not interested in reading the entire thing, here are my main questions about current university policy and protocol regarding professors who harass students:
Why is a student banned from knowing the outcome of an investigation of a professor who harassed them? Who is in charge of students’ physical and emotional safety in Wesleyan classrooms?
The article is below, and there’s more after the jump.
I was sexually harassed and discriminated against multiple times by a Wesleyan professor, and the administration has failed to follow through with my investigation or make me feel safe at Wesleyan.
Let me be clear: I’m writing and publishing this here on Wesleying because the greater Wesleyan community needs to know that the administration is completely unprepared to deal with a student’s reporting a professor for inappropriate behavior. Throughout the entire process of reporting the behavior and seeking justice, I have never wanted to place myself in opposition to Wesleyan’s administration. I love Wesleyan and have had rewarding relationships with many administrators in the past through activist projects and residential life programs. I would have liked to work with the administration, not against them. But the events of the past 6 months have made it impossible for me to stay silent about the way the administration has treated me since I severed my relationship with a professor who harassed me repeatedly over a period of two semesters.
Frank Kuan from the Center for Community Partnerships is looking for acapella groups to share their musical talents as part of the Holiday on Main Street offerings on Saturday December 3, 2011. Specifically, the event is looking for groups to offer holiday and festive tunes between 10:30am to 2:30pm. Groups can either come for 30mins-1 hour at a time; whatever the comfort level of the groups. They can sing along Main Street, on the horse-drawn trailer(!) up and down Main Street, inside Main Street Market or some of the local restaurants and businesses. If folks are interested, send an email to Frank at fkuan[at]wesleyan[dot]edu. Thanks!
