Incidents at Northern Kentucky University
Total: 4
Incident 7470
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Jeffrey Standen
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Dean
Discipline:
Law
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"Chase Law Dean Jeffrey Standen resigned in December after three women, two of them former students, complained of sexual harassment to the university."
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Incident 7471
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Randy Pennington
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor, Vocal Program Director
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
Music
Outcome Year:
2018
Outcome Category:
Resigned
Quote:
"NKU announced that the veteran music professor violated the school’s sexual conduct policy. In a March 16 email to faculty and staff, Interim President Gerard St. Armand wrote that Pennington was gone permanently."
"NKU officials agreed to let Pennington resign. His official status is "involuntary resignation," "
"NKU officials agreed to let Pennington resign. His official status is "involuntary resignation," "
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Incident 7469
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Dennis D. Miller
Role:
Faculty
Position:
Professor
Discipline:
Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline:
Philosophy
Outcome Year:
2016
Outcome Category:
Official Warning / Reprimand
Quote:
"Another meeting with administrators, a strongly-worded note placed in his file warning him against contact with students after class. Those emails and memos came only a few months after Miller landed another contract to teach during the 2015-16 academic year"
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Incident 7468
Status:
Resolved
Person:
Scott Eaton
Role:
Administrator
Position:
Athletic Director
Discipline:
Athletics
Specific Discipline:
Outcome Year:
2015
Outcome Category:
Monetary Settlement / Award
Quote:
"Northern Kentucky University paid the subordinate of convicted embezzler Scott Eaton nearly a quarter of a million dollars two years ago to avoid a potential sexual harassment lawsuit"
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