Opinion ID: 183769
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Application to Other OSU Colleges

Text: During the time that Kyle-Eiland was employed at CLEX, she submitted employment applications for approximately 40 other positions within OSU.9 For the vast majority of these positions, Kyle-Eiland did not make it past the initial application screening. On at least three occasions, though, Kyle-Eiland reached a later stage of the selection process. One of these occasions is relevant to the claim before us now. In July of 2007, Kyle-Eiland applied for an administrative associate position with the College of Math and Physical Sciences (“CMPS”). She was selected for a second round interview, which was conducted by the human resources director for CMPS, Marcie Naber (“Naber”), and the vice chair of CMPS, Luis Casian (“Casian”). Six other candidates were interviewed at this stage. Naber later contacted Kyle-Eiland to inform her that she was no longer in contention for the position and 9 It appears that Kyle-Eiland began applying for other positions at OSU on February 14, 2006, the day that she began her EHE/CLEX position. (Compl. 26; Answer 4.) -8- No. 09-3965 would not be invited to the final round of interviews, because Naber and Casian had interviewed stronger candidates. Kyle-Eiland states the she “knew that [Naber] knew” about the OCRC charges at the time of the interview, though her only supporting evidence is the general tenor of the discussion between Naber and Casian. Naber admits that she spoke to Weber about Kyle-Eiland and that Weber told her that Kyle-Eiland had filed an OCRC complaint, but asserts that this conversation occurred after she and Casian had already decided on another candidate. The candidate who was eventually hired for the position was an African-American female.