Limestone University disinvites school leaders from graduation
GAFFNEY, S.C. - About 50 Limestone University faculty held a meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss their departure from campus and circumstances that led to the school’s demise.
By the end of the meeting, faculty had unanimously voted to disinvite President Nathan Copeland, Executive Vice President and CFO Jeremy Whitaker, and the entire Board of Trustees from Limestone’s last-ever commencement ceremony Saturday.
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Copeland released a statement saying he and the Board of Trustees will agree to celebrate graduation from afar.
“Out of love for our students, and in response to a letter from our faculty asking us not to attend graduation, myself and the Board of Trustees will celebrate our students from afar this year,” Copeland said. “We do not want anything to take away from their special day. We wish our Limestone seniors the very best in the next chapter of their lives, and look forward to watching God’s plans for them.”
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The faculty also called for the resignations of Copeland and Whitaker and a vote of no confidence for the Board of Trustees.
According to faculty , they are required to vacate the campus one week from this Friday and the university will close at the end of May.
At the meeting, the faculty presented a written statement that outlined how they first learned the university was more than $20 million in debt and how s said they were handling the problem.
The statement referred to “flagrant lies” and a subsequent $15 million loan that exacerbated the debt.
Both students and educators have expressed how “a lack of transparency” has kept them in the dark.
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