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I was enrolled to market for-profit South College, but was never given the script to follow. I thought I had gone to pharmacy school like everyone else. Not according to the Dean Walter Fitzgerald, a liar who uses his credentials to abuse and subdue those he deems weak. He spent one evening putting down his wife who made a mistake of thinking wrongly about a nursing issue. None of us at the table (mostly students) even understood it, but he just went off on the wife forcing her to recoil back. First, I was swamped with constant reminders that where I came from, there was nothing. From the Dean, the admissions personnel and some white students. It was a horrific environment of intimidation, harrassment, bullying and lies. I was forced to give an interview to market the school; my mistake here was that I hesitated. I was then asked to lie to the accreditation body, this I declined. If I asked a question in class, I was rude. If a white student did, they were smart and made sense. Here I was, one of their best students, but the sense I got was that there were several jealous students and faculty was not happy that I was excelling. Several white students took it upon themselves to be excellent bullies: hiding my locker name such that I was never able to access my locker, I was denied class opportunities, some professors destroyed my classwork and refused to schedule me for classes. I was in a school where I would do group work on my own because no one wanted to work with me. When I joined organizations , or volunteered in class discussions, I was exempted from discussion (was never included in emails) or was ignored. It was so toxic that one professor occasionally told some classmates to back off. The thing is that I could stand the students, they were young and unexposed or so I believed. What I did not know is that several professors were actively engaged in this toxic environment. That has been my biggest disappointment.
The Dean of this school, Walter Lee Fitzgerald, created and spread to other faculty this notion that I was not participating or was not part of the group. Quite to the contrary. The evidence was opposite. But he was the dean and relished bullying his new faculty (some looking for green cards). This is after he stood in front of the class, looking at me, and stated (out of the blues) "We should be grateful here because people in Africa are doing Laboratories in Huts". Next, he would threaten that he could do anything to anyone, and nothing would happen. Then follow up with calling me to a meeting to tell me again "you should be grateful of this chance because where you come from is poor". Then he accused me of not participating, but no one ever tells you how, where and when. Similar statements would be repeated by other faculty like one instance where I was unable to submit a homework because schools were closed due to severe snow. All establishments were closed, power lost and I did not have internet at my apartment. But when 2 white students were unable to submit work because "they did not think it important", it was acceptable.
I could write a book of what happened, but the meat of it is that I was expelled 10 months to graduation for missing one day of rotation. I got lost to the rotation and followed all protocol. A dean, who was not my teacher, gave me an F, and about 3 months later, I was forced out of school. Matter of fact, the action of forcing me out of school began a week after I found the academic dean lying. I was not even looking for that: You ask a professor what happened to your work, and he tries to deny seeing it but his secretary who witnessed the exchange contradicts him. My mistake here? I witnessed him being contradicted. You catch someone lying, they are embarrassed, and they retaliate.
I was dirt broke when I was expelled. I became homeless, lost my car and job. During the quarter you were expected to pay for activities they had or whatever financial obligations, even when the college held the funds. Telling them about the quandary was like talking to a stone, they did not care, and if you persisted, like I did, it was misconduct. They did not offer jobs (they said it would affect federal Aid) and they wanted students available from 6am to 6pm. I planned my finances according to the Loans I had applied for, they held the money, but beat me up for not complying. This was a big issue with annual health evaluations required. I was misled that there was a health center to assist with that (which turned out to be a business card). I had to depend on the county and local business to provide these services. The county ran by it's program. The local businesses ran by their own schedule and fees. But I was being punished because I could not force the county to give me health checks on time, or did not have money (that the college was holding) to do them. I got sick at South College and only got treatment when I made it back to Milwaukee Wisconsin. No one ever said where the health facility was as advertised at matriculation or for accreditation.
My protests at these treatments were met with accusations of rude, misconduct, and disrespect. One time I was forced out of a study room so that a white student who came late could study. My complain was twisted to being "I occupied an office and refused to leave". The dean responsible told me, no one would believe me.
I probably sound bitter. No. Am angry. Angry that academic cheats like Michael Dotson are now pharmacists after they derailed my effort. I have never been lazy nor wanted an easy way out. More importantly, when I reached out to the accreditation body, ACPE, the school flagrantly lied. They were still under the accreditation process and they did not want ACPE near them. But what disturbs me is that ACPE asked them to tell them anything that would help dismiss my complaint. Next, I tried the DoE, ACPE taking the side of the school lied to DoE, ignoring their own standards. In December 2014, I was forced to file for an FOIA and when I received it, I forwarded the information to DoE's Herman Bounds (Director of Higher Education Accreditation). I clearly showed him how ACPE and South College had lied to him to cover their tracks. His response was that they are re-evaluating the matter, a year ago. I sued the school for wrongful dismissal and lost. I was not surprised. the Judge and Lawyers all went to the same school. The ruling is illogical. I have complained, nothing came of it. Instead, I get threats to stop my truthful claims. Oh did! I mention they offered me $2,500 to stop any litigation of administrative filings? $2,500....then moved it to $25,000. I filed a complaint with the Tn Attorney General who asked the THEC to investigate. Well, they did not. Steve South (owner and brother to John South of South University - director of that firm that was fined $95 million for Fraud) first claimed I never complained at school. Next, he claimed the Trump administration has new Directives. Well, I went to school under Obama.
And there is evidence that a former student, Michael Dotson of Nashville, Tn worked with instructors and the dean and were responsible for fabricated misconduct that was hugely padded and sent to court. The Judge Ignored the poor quality of the evidence. They claim I academically failed (never evaluated by preceptor) for missing one day of rotation (with a 3.4 GPA, mostly As and Bs, Deans List), but two white students who actually failed were allowed to finish.
Please, help me bring this out in the open. South College should not continue doing this to students, especially minorities.
The Dean of this school, Walter Lee Fitzgerald, created and spread to other faculty this notion that I was not participating or was not part of the group. Quite to the contrary. The evidence was opposite. But he was the dean and relished bullying his new faculty (some looking for green cards). This is after he stood in front of the class, looking at me, and stated (out of the blues) "We should be grateful here because people in Africa are doing Laboratories in Huts". Next, he would threaten that he could do anything to anyone, and nothing would happen. Then follow up with calling me to a meeting to tell me again "you should be grateful of this chance because where you come from is poor". Then he accused me of not participating, but no one ever tells you how, where and when. Similar statements would be repeated by other faculty like one instance where I was unable to submit a homework because schools were closed due to severe snow. All establishments were closed, power lost and I did not have internet at my apartment. But when 2 white students were unable to submit work because "they did not think it important", it was acceptable.
I could write a book of what happened, but the meat of it is that I was expelled 10 months to graduation for missing one day of rotation. I got lost to the rotation and followed all protocol. A dean, who was not my teacher, gave me an F, and about 3 months later, I was forced out of school. Matter of fact, the action of forcing me out of school began a week after I found the academic dean lying. I was not even looking for that: You ask a professor what happened to your work, and he tries to deny seeing it but his secretary who witnessed the exchange contradicts him. My mistake here? I witnessed him being contradicted. You catch someone lying, they are embarrassed, and they retaliate.
I was dirt broke when I was expelled. I became homeless, lost my car and job. During the quarter you were expected to pay for activities they had or whatever financial obligations, even when the college held the funds. Telling them about the quandary was like talking to a stone, they did not care, and if you persisted, like I did, it was misconduct. They did not offer jobs (they said it would affect federal Aid) and they wanted students available from 6am to 6pm. I planned my finances according to the Loans I had applied for, they held the money, but beat me up for not complying. This was a big issue with annual health evaluations required. I was misled that there was a health center to assist with that (which turned out to be a business card). I had to depend on the county and local business to provide these services. The county ran by it's program. The local businesses ran by their own schedule and fees. But I was being punished because I could not force the county to give me health checks on time, or did not have money (that the college was holding) to do them. I got sick at South College and only got treatment when I made it back to Milwaukee Wisconsin. No one ever said where the health facility was as advertised at matriculation or for accreditation.
My protests at these treatments were met with accusations of rude, misconduct, and disrespect. One time I was forced out of a study room so that a white student who came late could study. My complain was twisted to being "I occupied an office and refused to leave". The dean responsible told me, no one would believe me.
I probably sound bitter. No. Am angry. Angry that academic cheats like Michael Dotson are now pharmacists after they derailed my effort. I have never been lazy nor wanted an easy way out. More importantly, when I reached out to the accreditation body, ACPE, the school flagrantly lied. They were still under the accreditation process and they did not want ACPE near them. But what disturbs me is that ACPE asked them to tell them anything that would help dismiss my complaint. Next, I tried the DoE, ACPE taking the side of the school lied to DoE, ignoring their own standards. In December 2014, I was forced to file for an FOIA and when I received it, I forwarded the information to DoE's Herman Bounds (Director of Higher Education Accreditation). I clearly showed him how ACPE and South College had lied to him to cover their tracks. His response was that they are re-evaluating the matter, a year ago. I sued the school for wrongful dismissal and lost. I was not surprised. the Judge and Lawyers all went to the same school. The ruling is illogical. I have complained, nothing came of it. Instead, I get threats to stop my truthful claims. Oh did! I mention they offered me $2,500 to stop any litigation of administrative filings? $2,500....then moved it to $25,000. I filed a complaint with the Tn Attorney General who asked the THEC to investigate. Well, they did not. Steve South (owner and brother to John South of South University - director of that firm that was fined $95 million for Fraud) first claimed I never complained at school. Next, he claimed the Trump administration has new Directives. Well, I went to school under Obama.
And there is evidence that a former student, Michael Dotson of Nashville, Tn worked with instructors and the dean and were responsible for fabricated misconduct that was hugely padded and sent to court. The Judge Ignored the poor quality of the evidence. They claim I academically failed (never evaluated by preceptor) for missing one day of rotation (with a 3.4 GPA, mostly As and Bs, Deans List), but two white students who actually failed were allowed to finish.
Please, help me bring this out in the open. South College should not continue doing this to students, especially minorities.
