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Incidents at Pellissippi State Community College

Total: 2


Incident 7504

Status: Resolved
Person: Tom Gaddis
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Business
Specific Discipline: Hospitality
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: Official Warning / Reprimand, Training / Counseling Required
Quote: "Pellissippi administrators investigated and found Gaddis had sexually harassed Knight, but they didn't fire him. Instead, they issued him a written reprimand, telling him to complete sexual harassment training and keep his hands off students, documents show."
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Incident 7505

Status: Resolved
Role: Administrator
Position: Executive Director of Equity and Compliance
Discipline: Other
Specific Discipline: Title IX
Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: Resigned
Quote: "The man who previously investigated allegations of sexual harassment at Pellissippi State Community College abruptly left the school last year after an investigation found he himself had sexually harassed a woman, documents show.

Pellissippi hired John Patrick Shipwash in May 2015 to fill a new role: executive director of Equity and Compliance."
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