To my campus community,
The other day, my notes from the Town Hall Meeting were sent out to the
Classified Employees (with my consent), and from there, they apparently traveled
all around campus. In them, I had left a note that called Ms. Deb Wallace, the
Vice President of our college, a liar. I put it in caps in my notes because I
was shocked that she would lie. I never intended that particular statement for
public consumption in any case (I had intended to figure out what the
discrepancy was), but anybody would be upset to be called a liar in any case.
I wish to apologize formally to Ms. Wallace for having subjected her to such a
thing, especially as it is clear that I was wrong, and that she was right. The
Chancellor's office does indeed have a B & C scenario in its planning and
communications documents. I was terribly mistaken.
As an academic, I value truth and facts. They are the only things that keep the
barbarians from the gates. I am deeply sorry for having been so mistaken and so
publicly mistaken about a point of fact, and for having been so unprofessional
as to have let that statement be made public.
Thank you,
Dr. Susan Lowry
