Butts v. Higher Education Interim Governing Board/Shepherd College

This is an appeal by Joy Butts, an associate professor at Shepherd College, from an order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County which affirmed and upheld a reprimand issued by her employer Shepherd College. On appeal, the appellant claims that she was improperly reprimanded and that the reprimand should be removed from her record. After reviewing the facts and issues presented, the Court agrees.

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FACTS

The appellant, Joy Butts, was, and is, a tenured associate professor at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Ethel Cameron was, and is, the coordinator of the appellant’s program…