Doesn't UND have a PR dept. ?

[Fetch]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/director-unds-eerc-put-administrative-leave-groenewold-says-move-came-without-explanation

[SWSiouxMN]

Between this and library mismanagement, things are going from bad to worse for UND administration.

[gfhockey]

Rumor has it the EErs Mis managed money

If that is a fact they should do the same to bob Kelley for the reac loan

[fightingsioux4life]

This doesn't surprise me. For years, Gerald Groenewold has pretty much gotten away with whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. He forgot that he serves at the pleasure of the President of the University of North Dakota and that he isn't a private business owner. I for one don't feel sorry for him.

[Fetch]

Oh I think their both crazy & UND could do Better

[RollTribe]

There have been some issues in the past year regarding the EERC, and this is also the guy who has been arrested for threatening firefighters with a shotgun when they came out to extinguish a grass fire he had started on his property, and domestic violence against his wife. I have a feeling that UND has a sufficient reason for putting him on leave, but I do wish that they would be more transparent about it.

[Teeder11]

There have been some issues in the past year regarding the EERC, and this is also the guy who has been arrested for threatening firefighters with a shotgun when they came out to extinguish a grass fire he had started on his property, and domestic violence against his wife. I have a feeling that UND has a sufficient reason for putting him on leave, but I do wish that they would be more transparent about it.

I'm sure future legal issues that are sure to ensue preclude that kind of transparency ... even in the public arena.

[RollTribe]

I'm sure future legal issues that are sure to ensue preclude that kind of transparency ... even in the public arena.

Very true. I'm sure UND has very strict protocol that they adhere to for this type of thing.

[kingranch]

It says in the article that Kelly was UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT, kinda sounds like a past president.

[Teeder11]

It says in the article that Kelly was UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT, kinda sounds like a past president.

Chapman?

[kingranch]

Chapman?

Selective amnesia?

[Teeder11]

Selective amnesia?

Must be; you'll get over it, though.

[kingranch]

Must be; you'll get over it, though.

nothing for me to get over, UND's last president was the one who was notoriously unavailable for comment.

[The Sicatoka]

I'm pretty sure Kelley's full comment is, "Under advice of UND legal council, and until final resolution of this matter, my comment is 'no comment'."

[Fetch]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/und-president-gave-eerc-director-good-reviews-reason-administrative-leave-unclear

Lawsuit coming - BS evaluations & then let u go - hope he gets a bundle

sad part Kelly when he goes will get the golden parachute package

[ScottM]

I'm pretty sure Kelley's full comment is, "Under advice of UND legal council, and until final resolution of this matter, my comment is 'no comment'."

Considering the quality of UND's legal counsel, that sounds like a suicide threat.

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

Considering the quality of UND's legal counsel, that sounds like a suicide threat.

Please don't confuse bad or unpopular decisions by a client with bad advice from a lawyer. Attorneys get a bad enough rap as it is.

[werewolfoflondon]

Considering the quality of UND's legal counsel, that sounds like a suicide threat.

Come on now. How can you say Julie is not a good lawyer. So she never has practiced law before.. Beyond that though if they went through what they did with the keys and everything I would bet he did something really bad that they found out about. Gerry knows what he did. As FightingSioux4Life said earlier he has been getting away with stuff for years and something finally came home to roost. Heck if they ever really looked into the shenanigans in the aviation department over the years there would be felony charges filed.

[Fetch]

Do u think he had a contract or employment at will ? If he was getting a 4% raise maybe he is just a employee ?

[werewolfoflondon]

Do u think he had a contract or employment at will ? If he was getting a 4% raise maybe he is just a employee ?

Do state employees ever have a contract for more than a year at a time?

[Fetch]

A lot I bet are Employement at will - huge difference

[BobIwabuchiFan]

Recent Herald coverage has been surprisingly good in its detail and level of digging...I sure hope UND has a solid reason for putting him on leave.

[fightingsioux4life]

http://www.grandfork...ains-mum-reason

Today, UND spokesman Peter B. Johnson confirmed that Groenewold has been terminated but would not say why.

Groenewold declined to comment.

Someone should tell this administration that UND is not a private business and cannot keep using "no comment" as the answer to every media question about this. This is a publicly-funded and governed institution of higher education and I think the public has a right to know why this is being done.

[The Sicatoka]

UND doesn't do things like this willy-nilly. If they took action like this, through the process, there's cause. It'll come out in due time.

[fightingsioux4life]

UND doesn't do things like this willy-nilly. If they took action like this, through the process, there's cause. It'll come out in due time.

I hope you are right; otherwise, they will have one heck of a lawsuit on their hands.