WhY MR. JEFFERSON DESERVES AN APOLOGY FROM KENYON BONNER
At last month's UVA graduation ceremony, Vice President of Student Affairs Kenyon Bonner impugned Thomas Jefferson's character and intelligence, chastising him for "ignorance and hubris." The charge is empirically unfounded and displays both a profound lack of historical knowledge by the speaker–and considering the time and place of the speech, a profound lack of professional judgment.
Jefferson was among the most progressive thinkers of his era. And few of his contemporaries did more to challenge slavery in a time when that institution was rife throughout the world.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY FOIA REQUESTS PEEL BACK THE OBFUSCATION SURROUNDING UVA’S HEALTHCARE SCANDAL
A bombshell disclosure in a recent FOIA proceeding reveals that UVA's Board of Visitors, led by Robert Hardie, quietly retained Williams & Connolly (W&C) as "special counsel to the BOV and the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Committee of the BOV" regarding issues with UVA Health on May 23, 2024 — four months before the September 5th correspondence in which 128 physicians signed a no-confidence letter in UVA Health leadership.
Statement on the Trashing of Thomas Jefferson by UVA’s Vice President of Student Affairs During Graduation
Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson Council strongly condemns Kenyon Bonner’s denigration and marginalization of Thomas Jefferson during his address at UVA’s final exercises. His remarks were incongruous, unseemly, and incorrect– and perhaps more than anything, they were an example of psychological projection.
THE TEXTS DON’T LIE: JERI SEIDMAN MUST RESIGN
What a FOIA request text-exchange reveals about the improper faculty manipulation of student self-governance, and the leader of the Faculty Senate’s misfeasance and hypocrisy.
UVA's Faculty Senate has spent the better part of the last year delivering lectures on transparency, trust, and institutional integrity. Resolutions were passed. Statements were issued. The language was always lofty — accountability, shared governance, the independence of the University community.
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