Dear Professor Efaw:

Questioning the policies of a public university, when done in a civil
and respectful manner, is certainly appropriate. However, your two
public email messages to President Petersen (via Vice President Levy)
earlier this week far exceeded the bounds of what could be considered
appropriate conduct. It is one thing to challenge a policy with which
you disagree, and quite another to launch a personal attack against
those who create and implement that policy.

The UTC Faculty Handbook sets forth standards of conduct for faculty,
including the expectation that faculty will act with civility toward
their colleagues and students. Referring to President Petersen as a jerk
(as you have previously done in a public email message to him), and
referring to me, Chancellor Brown and others in the UTC administration
as incompetent fools, goes far beyond any reasonable boundary for civil
conduct.

As an elected representative of the UTC faculty, you should be keenly
aware of the effect your behavior has on others. Your outrageous insults
to the leaders of this campus and this university bring disgrace not
only to you, but to those whom you represent.

At the end of your message to Vice President Levy you indicate that you
will have additional questions for Associate Provost Pittenger. I have
directed Dr. Pittenger and others on my staff to ignore further requests
from you. Your offensive conduct deserves neither my respect nor my
cooperation.

Sincerely yours,

John Friedl, Provost