4/6/21 - Hate Group Response

To: Faculty, Staff, and Students
From: Eddie J. Howard, Ed. D, Vice President for Student Affairs
Date:  4/6/21
Subject: Hate Group Response

Good morning Norse Nation, 

With the recent developments of a known white supremacist hate group tagging our campus this weekend, I would like to tell you about our response moving forward.

First, I have asked University Police to increase patrols and surveillance coverage around the rock and other key areas on campus. I have also tasked the Center for Student Inclusiveness to work on an incident response plan, which includes some long-term strategies that should involve constituents from the entire campus community. I asked the CSI team to come back with a comprehensive set of guidelines and a detailed plan for how to move forward.

Finally, I am asking our campus community to help me with a new campaign that we are calling, “Watch the Rock.” Watch the Rock will be a live-stream webcam to monitor activity around the rock 24 hours a day. I invite the entire campus community to help us protect our campus. If you see something, say something. Our plan is to have the website up and running within the next couple of days, if not sooner. It is our responsibility to protect our campus and to show Norse campus unity.

Please join me in this campaign of unity and support of our marginalized students.

Sincerely,

Dr. Eddie Howard
Vice President for Student Affairs
Northern Kentucky University
Nunn Drive | AC 832 | Highland Heights, KY 41099
Office: (859) 572-7778 | Email: howarde10@nku.edu
Cell: (330) 301-1421