Anna Sharpe, Author at My TJ Now

WU Students For Change call for accountability, action

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Students are not satisfied with recent changes Winthrop University officials have made to the school’s sexual misconduct policy. The updates to the policy are “blatantly anti-LGBTQ and perpetuate dangerous myths…

Winthrop University plans to update sexual misconduct policy and create new Title IX position

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Winthrop University will be updating their Sexual Misconduct Policy and will be creating a new position dedicated to Title IX, according to an email from Interim President George Hynd that…

Develop your business with the SBDC

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Small businesses in the area can seek assistance in the form of counseling and help grow their business through the Small Business Development Center, located on the first floor of…

Retired library dean neither censured or censored, WU professor says

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A political science professor objected to claims made by South Carolina legislators that retired Library Dean Mark Herring was censured by the University. Scott Huffmon made these remarks at Friday’s board of trustees meeting.…

‘A matter of public health’: Director of Health Services discusses COVID testing

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Anna: Thank you so much for speaking with me today. There was a testing event at the Coliseum today [Friday, Sept. 11], how did that go? Concodora: I did not…

Provost issues apology to retired dean

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Provost Adrienne McCormick publicly apologized to retired Library Dean Mark Herring Friday afternoon. McCormick sent a letter to faculty and staff, apologizing for an email sent to the campus community that condemned Herring’s remarks in a…

Alumna-turned-Dean: Kaetrena Davis Kendrick and the 21st century library

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Libraries are a fixture of college campuses. They are places to study, to gather with friends, to learn. But according to the newest Dean of the Dacus Library and Pettus…

Professor keeps job despite investigation, controversial Facebook post

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Incoming professor April Mustian will not have her job offer rescinded by Winthrop University, following an investigation regarding a controversial Facebook post Mustian made in June. “If you are a…

Winthrop student tests positive for COVID-19

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A Winthrop student tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent to the Winthrop community by Interim President George Hynd. “Winthrop University was informed today (March 23) that a…

In Dan’s ‘best interest’

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Emails between board of trustees obtained by The Johnsonian in a Freedom of Information Act request show that trustees believed they were acting in former president Dan Mahony’s “best interest”…