The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and the Texas Tech System issued a statement Saturday after suspending an employee officials say made “hateful, antisemitic and unacceptable” remarks.
TTUHSC President Lori Rice-Spearman and TTUS Chancellor Dr. Tedd Mitchell issued a joint statement saying that Rudy Meixell, a unit manager in the library on the Lubbock campus at TTUHSC, posted a series of social media comments that were brought to the attention of the two institutions yesterday.
The system found that the comments violated TTU System Regulation 01.05 , which states — each university within the system and the system administration are “committed to ethical behavior and respect for all in support of a values-based culture.”
Meixell has been suspended with pay pending an investigation by the system’s Office of Equal Opportunity, which will investigate whether any of the antisemitic sentiments expressed by Meixell’s social media comments have found their way into the academic or the work environment and are deemed to be discriminatory harassment.