University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan is continuing her pro-reconciliation listening tour, talking to as many people and groups associated with the university as possible in the wake of her return to power. At a recent stop, meeting at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, she urged members of the Darden community to support Peter Kiernan. Kiernan had resigned amid the controversy during Sullivan's time officially out of power, after an email of his leaked that indicated he had known of the move beforehand. Kiernan, who had been the chairman of the board of trustees of the Darden Foundation, later said that he hadn't been informed definitively of the move. In an email to Dean Robert F. Bruner of the Darden School, Rector Helen E. Dragas -- the public face of the ouster -- stated that she'd contacted Kiernan in the hopes that he could help with a fundraising project. At the time, Kiernan was under consideration for a spot on the Board of Visitors, which runs the entire university. He resigned from the Darden Foundation board in a bid to calm the waters. The announcement of that resignation drew applause at Darden, where community members said they believed he'd done the honorable thing to help the university and Darden. "She encouraged the Darden community to welcome Peter Kiernan back into the fold," said university spokeswoman Carol Wood. Sullivan met with members of the Darden community in part to restore trust, Wood said. The president has a personal