LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center employee has been suspended with pay due to “antisemitic” comments on social media, according to a statement from university officials. An investigation will be conducted by the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at the Texas Tech University System.
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The following statement is made on behalf of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., and Texas Tech University System Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.:
Rudy Meixell, a unit manager in the library on the Lubbock campus at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, posted a series of social media comments that we were made aware of yesterday, August 30, 2024. We find his social media comments to be hateful, antisemitic, and unacceptable. These social media comments are antithetical to our values, including those found in System Regulation 01.05 .
We take the First Amendment’s application to public universities seriously; however, we are also committed to providing a safe learning and working environment that is free from harassment, including antisemitic harassment, and will not tolerate behavior that crosses the line into harassment and interferes with or limits the ability of an individual to participate in the educational activities of TTUHSC.