Overview
- At a Feb. 18 special meeting, trustees tabled a draft statement on the complaint and set the matter for their regular Feb. 23 session.
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State notified the board of a complaint alleging President Shaunda Richardson-Snell asked a guest if he had accepted Jesus Christ during an Oct. 13 campus observance.
- Board Chair Jeffrey Swanson and attorney Carey DeWitt said an internal investigation finished in December, but they declined to release findings, and no disciplinary action has been disclosed.
- Richardson-Snell did not attend the special meeting, with the chair saying she was at a conference.
- Public commenters were sharply divided, with Indigenous representatives describing retraumatization of event co‑founder Wayne Wilson, some supporters defending the president’s religious expression, and several current and former officials questioning her leadership or urging her resignation.