STrib: University of Minnesota athletic investigations to be revealed Dec. 8

per STrib:

The University of Minnesota will present the results of two separate investigations into its athletics department at a special Board of Regents meeting on Dec. 8, the Star Tribune has learned.

One report will detail an external review commissioned by the U into sexual harassment and equal rights complaints in the athletics department, and the other will show the results of an internal financial audit under former athletic director Norwood Teague, said regents Chair Dean Johnson.

Johnson said he doesn’t know anything about the contents of the two reports but that whatever needs fixing will be fixed. “We’re going to have a cleaner, more accountable department of athletics — as we would expect of any college or department at the university,” Johnson said Monday.

Gail Klatt, the U’s internal auditor, declined to comment Monday on the financial audit. “It’s a work in progress,” she said. “It’s not complete.”

http://www.startribune.com/universi...nvestigations-to-be-revealed-dec-8/353112121/

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per STrib: U regents say they were first kept in dark about Norwood Teague complaints

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler fielded praise and pointed criticism following the resignation of Norwood Teague as athletic director, with Kaler’s staff scrambling at times to control the flow of information to the public.

A review of hundreds of pages of correspondence and other materials requested by news organizations shows that some members of the university’s Board of Regents questioned why they did not learn sooner of the sexual harassment complaints against Teague. The documents also offer a glimpse of the intense pressure faced by Kaler and the U’s communications team after the Aug. 6 resignation.

In the days after Teague’s resignation, regent Michael Hsu wrote his colleagues to express concern that the board had been left out of important decisions related to the controversy. He complained that Kaler did not inform regents of the allegations against Teague for more than two weeks, including during a meeting he had with board Chairman Dean Johnson in mid-July.

Then, when Johnson and David McMillan, the board’s vice chairman, were notified Aug. 1, they did not fill in their board colleagues until five days later. Hsu said the board should have made the decision to hire an outside investigator to review the Teague situation and that it should not be run through the U’s Office of General Counsel “because of potential conflicts.”

“This incident creates significant risks to our reputation and also potentially financial liabilities,” Hsu wrote. “We also need to be clear that the full board is engaged and informed.”

http://www.startribune.com/universi...hed-new-light-on-athletics-scandal/353177741/

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MN Daily: Internal emails reveal concern over U’s response to Teague misconduct

Emails released Monday by the University of Minnesota offer a glimpse into the school’s strategy for handling the resignation of its former athletic director.

More than three months after Norwood Teague resigned because he sexually harassed several women, the University released about 1,500 pages of documents, across which regents, donors and alumni show both criticism of and support for the school’s reaction to Teague’s resignation.

The University will also present the findings of two investigations into the school’s athletics department on Dec. 8, according to multiple media outlets.

While some members of the University Board of Regents were supportive, Regent Michael Hsu said in emails that the board should have been informed about Teague’s situation earlier.

“[University President Eric Kaler] did not inform anyone at the Board for over two weeks,” he said in the email to the board’s chair and vice chair. “[A]pparently he did not see this as something important enough that you should be aware of.”

http://mndaily.com/news/campus/2015...l-concern-over-u’s-response-teague-misconduct

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BleedGopher said:

MN Daily: Internal emails reveal concern over U’s response to Teague misconduct

Emails released Monday by the University of Minnesota offer a glimpse into the school’s strategy for handling the resignation of its former athletic director.

More than three months after Norwood Teague resigned because he sexually harassed several women, the University released about 1,500 pages of documents, across which regents, donors and alumni show both criticism of and support for the school’s reaction to Teague’s resignation.

The University will also present the findings of two investigations into the school’s athletics department on Dec. 8, according to multiple media outlets.

While some members of the University Board of Regents were supportive, Regent Michael Hsu said in emails that the board should have been informed about Teague’s situation earlier.

“[University President Eric Kaler] did not inform anyone at the Board for over two weeks,” he said in the email to the board’s chair and vice chair. “[A]pparently he did not see this as something important enough that you should be aware of.”

http://mndaily.com/news/campus/2015...l-concern-over-u’s-response-teague-misconduct

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This was a very poor decision.

He has to have 'A' board member that he can inform immediately of these type of high profile situations.

station19 said:

This was a very poor decision.

He has to have 'A' board member that he can inform immediately of these type of high profile situations.

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We also don't know what Kaler knew for those two weeks. Could be that it was a verbal complaint and didn't get to him through proper channels until then. HR 101 tells you "document document document".

You don't officially document, and it doesn't count. Not one bit.

You tell your boss there might be a complaint coming and there is no documentation, you can actually get in MORE trouble. We'll see.