The University of Memphis has created a nondiscrimination policy including sexual orientation . The following meetings have taken place with the MTSU Administration specifically about the issue of enhancing the campus nondiscrimination policy to address sexual orientaiton bias. Information about specific meetings can be obtained by email. All of these meetings were made in hopes of fostering an open dialogue between the UEC and the MTSU Administration. A number of memo have been issued by the UEC addressing this important campus issue.
Copies are available by request.
This statement will appear in new Graduate Student Handbooks and the Graduate Student Catalogue. President Walker's actions reflect those taken previously at the University of Memphis by President Rawlins. In a memo to the University Rules Committee, VPSA Dr. Robert LaLance presented a brief history of TBR and MTSU reaction to the Uniform Equality Committee's request for the enhancement of campus policy. ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates covered the hearings on the policy enhancement. This event was covered by major radio and nrint media within the region.