Mishka Zena

Trustees Plan Special Meeting on Sunday

Gallaudet University’s board of trustees will hold a special meeting
Sunday if they can ensure the security that will be needed, according
to Chairman Brenda Jo Brueggemann.

Protesters at the school for the deaf in Northeast Washington, who want
incoming president Jane K. Fernandes to resign, have been calling on
the board to meet to resolve the school’s problems.

Demonstrations started in May when the board announced that Fernandes
would be president as of Jan. 1.

The agenda for the meeting is not complete, and other details are not
finalized. If security can’t be ensured, the date could change,
Brueggemann said.

Protests continued yesterday, and there was a candlelight vigil
supporting eight people on a hunger strike.

Also yesterday, faculty voted to recommend investigating the
presidential search process, and to ask for an independent mediator,
add term limits and periodic evaluations of the president and to
increase the sign language requirement for tenured faculty.

– Susan Kinzie

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301211_pf.html

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301211_2.html

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The Washington Post
Tuesday, October 24, 2006; Page B02