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Incidents at Utah State University – Logan

Total: 6


Incident 8736

Status: Resolved
Person: Dennis Hirst
Role: Faculty
Position: Associate Professor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2021
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: "A Utah State University music professor who was under investigation for allegedly raping an underage student nearly 30 years ago has resigned from his position as part of an agreement with the university.

Dennis Hirst, associate professor of music, submitted his resignation from USU on June 30 as opposed to having sanctions imposed on him, USU spokesperson Amanda DeRito told the newspaper on Wednesday."
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Incident 7872

Status: Resolved
Person: NA
Role: Department
Position:
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: Other
Specific Outcome: Outside review found evidence of harassment across program.
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Incident 7873

Status: Resolved
Person: NAME UNKNOWN
Role: Faculty
Position:
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Barred from further employment at university. Link contains embedded report and summary of report.
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Incident 8111

Status: Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome: Investigation ongoing
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Incident 8115

Status: Ongoing
Person:
Role:
Position:
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category:
Specific Outcome: Piano program found to have persistent problems; investigation of individual faculty ongoing; lawsuit filed
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Incident 7871

Status: Resolved
Role: Administrator
Position: Assistant Vice President
Discipline: Education, Student Affairs
Specific Discipline: Student Affairs
Outcome Year: 2014
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Fired.
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