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Incidents at University of Illinois – Springfield

Total: 1


Incident 7743

Status: Resolved
Role: Administrator
Position: Visiting Admissions Counselor/Student Advisor
Discipline: Education
Specific Discipline: Academic Advising
Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Quote: "A Springfield businessman once employed by the University of Illinois Springfield in the school’s exchange student program has been charged with raping a freshman from China and has also been accused of sexually assaulting other students."

"Yang was employed by the university as a “visiting admissions counselor/student advisor” from Sept. 4, 2013 until Aug. 15 and was paid $30,750 per year. There is a limit of three years for such employees to work at UIS as visiting staff, Schnapp said. Yang's employment ended one week before alleged sexual assaults by him were reported. According to charging papers, Yang was a “student advisor” to the victim. "
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