Autumn 2014: President Herbst reflects on the organized student demonstration in September on the campus climate, and the university's collaborative response.
In early September, with race relations a focus both nationally and on campus, students organized a solidarity gathering in response to the shooting death of Michael Brown (photo by Salote Tenisi ’15). Also, at a brown bag luncheon, Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley and sociology professor Alicia Simmons discussed the events in Ferguson, Mo.