LOGAN — A Utah State University grad has settled his lawsuit against the universityGregory Noel has settled for $45,000, attorney Michael Young confirmed., Noel alleged institutional betrayal, exacerbation of trauma and deliberate indifference by USU under Title VI. Title VI prohibits discrimination based on race or national origin by any organization that receives federal funds, which includes USU.
Noel is a Black Haitian American who was a graduate student of USU's marriage and family therapy program between 2018 and 2020, according to the lawsuit. Previously in October 2018, Noel was working in a private study room when his computer lost four pages of an assignment, and he used profanity and pushed a rolling chair aside in his frustration. The lawsuit said no one else was in the room and the chair didn't hit anything.
Noel reported the caricature incident to the school's Office of Equity, which concluded that the drawing created a hostile environment for Noel. The professor eventually received a written reprimand on Jan. 14, 2022. "USU's discriminatory 'investigation' was hardly investigative, gave every opportunity and benefit of the doubt to the bad actors, biased protect its faculty and personnel and took nearly two years," the suit alleged.
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