To Ashland University President and Board of Trustees:

We, Ashland University alumna, along with current students, are writing in regards to the troubling actions and inactions the institution has taken/not taken regarding sexual assault on campus. Most recently we have been horrified to learn of Ashland’s decision to remove shirts created for The Clothesline Project. Taking down shirts from The Clothesline Project, a movement designed to empower sexual assault survivors across the country, in the midst of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, is despicable. Ashland’s statement on the decision to remove the shirts is even more gut-wrenching to current students and past students who have survived sexual assault (often on Ashland’s campus). The statement cites ‘false information’ as a reason the shirts were removed; this idea further silences survivors, and encourages a mindset that prioritizes the safety of perpetrators rather than the safety of victims. These shirts made visible how awful the current system for sexual assault reporting at AU is. This system has not worked for years, and we as alumnae have been witness to multiple lawsuits or stories in which sexual assault survivors are blamed, ignored, or told it’s not a big deal by the very administrators hired to protect survivors (e.g. 2018 legal case). Ashland coaches, faculty, and staff have encouraged a misogynistic environment on campus that silences victims and protects abusers. The university has a problem on its campus, a problem that cannot and will not be removed by taking the visible evidence away. We hope that the university finally takes accountability for the ways in which it has failed its students. We are deeply ashamed of our university and stand with the current students and past students who have survived these traumas without Ashland’s help.

Sincerely,

1. Erika Gallion
2. Maureen Johnson
3. Julia Hines
4. Alena Gemelas
5. Kati
6. Colin Macdonald
7. Cait Davis
8. Brianna Jurasic
9. Gina Tornabene
10. Nicole Lederle
11. Sean Leonard
12. Lindsey Cerimele
13. Jakeb Gonci
14. Talissa Wright
15. Schulyer B
16. Sami Eron
17. Morgan McCarthy
18. Olivia B
19. Dan Greenway
20. Taylor Zorman
21. Javier Felipe Garcia
22. Kaitlynn Dolezal
23. Spencer Dolezal
24. Katie McClure
25. Sam Cleveland
26. Chase Shrum
27. Erika Christy
28. Katie Skeens
29. Alyssa Kyff
30. Melany Bagnola
31. Cillian Donahue
32. Gabrielle Coyle
33. Taylor J
34. Amber C
35. Dana Awlia
36. Camille S
37. Emma H
38. Kyle Feuerstine
39. Mellie
40. Laina Snyder
41. Isabella M
42. Dennis Terlaak
43. Morgan Wade
44. Tiffany Watt
45. Toni Foxx
46. Mary K
47. Jennifer Lindsay
48. Anna Sevastos
49. Jacob S
50. Brittany Thornton
51. Emily Sycks
52. Kylie Brown
53. Amanda Chahulski
54. Isaac M
55. Rachel Barkley
56. Gabi Vitel
57. Mikayla M
58. Elena Kirkbride
59. Taryn Doyle
60. Jacob Ray
61. Jennifer Wolfe (nee Holderman)
62. Alexandria Hamilton
63. Shelby Starnes
64. Brinna Dixon
65. Mike Krohn
66. Shelby Hazelett (nee Neeley)
67. Rebecca Young
68. Lily B
69. Andie Kimura
70. Brian Nguyen Le
71. Daniel Mitchell
72. Juliet T
73. Tarin Cook
74. Hunter Miller
75. Nick S
76. Brianna Heyman
77. Hilary Hawk
78. Sarah Truax
79. Morgan Badenhop
80. Joe Farber
81. Lauren Ohl
82. Robyn Marshall (nee Flick)
83. Sarah Johnson
84. Bristol H
85. Emily Troyer
86. Suzy Wollenhaupt
87. Brooke Zwilling
88. Kaitlyn Kish
89. Jen Wengerd
90. Jessica Dunkle
91. Laura Carley
92. Tom Nesbitt
93. Monica S
94. Clay Harris
95. Melanie Poorman-Schwieterman
96. Eric Schwieterman
97. Noelle Chorba
98. Patrick Mikal
99. Carlie Freeman
100. Delanie Lammers
101. Sage Haines
102. Kassidy Yochheim
103. Beth Rosepal
104. Zoe Escandon
105. Samantha Holzman
106. Catrina Dotson (nee Dunlap)
107. Mikah J
108. Mark Gorsuch
109. Sarah Rayman
110. Hailee P
111. Sarah Toby
112. Caleb Bryant
113. Karissa Fenner
114. Madison Blyer
115. Tyayia Young
116. Cory Lamar
117. Jacqueline Tanguay
118. Corinne P
119. Kelsey Wade
120. Emily Shrider
121. Randa Burky (nee Mast)
122. Grace McCourt
123. Connor McMullen
124. Kendall Sanchez
125. Victoria Miller
126. Kayla Baisden
127. Joyce Grendel
128. Chris Bills
129. Sara Beldoch (nee Reis)
130. Rachel Matz
131. Rachael Wyant
132. Morgan Kadilak
133. Aliya Ratliff
134. Reina Britt
135. Brooke-Marie Noscal
136. Jenna SHepherd
137. Taylor Nervi
138. Alexis Berdine
139. Madeline W
140. Casey Clark
141. Ian Welch
142. Jennifer Kling
143. Abbey Barnett
144. Marissa K
145. Jessica Mowery
146. John Miller
147. Bryn S
148. Maria Erste
149. Jacqueline Paris
150. Hannah Witteman
151. Julia Heck
152. Hallie Carrino
153. Autumn Hogan
154. Yosolajesu Olujide-Ajibade
155. Isabella Hatfield
156. Lexi Ricciuti
157. Audrey Bontempo
158. Kathryn Dinovo
159. Lindsey Jones
160. Riley Buxton
161. Matt Rhyand
162. Alexandra Gomez
163. Paige Benham
164. Abby Moore
165. Haley S
166. Greer Kirk-Shook
167. Katie May
168. Cason Kimura
169. Kimberly Forbush
170. Andrew Clark
171. Emma F
172. Abbie Brady
173. Chelsea Peterman
174. Morgan Clevidence
175. Carrie Glover
176. Kristen Yenny
177. Megan Lilly
178. Susanne (Silvernail) Dhayer
179. Sabrina Mills
180. Marissa W
181. Patrick Wallace
182. Ava Close
183. Emily Embrescia
184. Rachael Stone
185. Don Haught
186. Rebecca Stettin
187. Gaby Northeim
188. Adena Siefert
189. Kennedy Kull
190. Jennifer Nelson
191. Kaleigh Shank
192. Makenna Fisher
193. Amanda Janecek
194. Alexandra Wieging
195. Kori Price
196. Emma Tappel
197. Carianna Doyle
198. Latasha Nickelson
199. Sam Arlesic
200. Shelby Teets
201. Katy Wheeler Endsley
202. Julia Vasu
203. Brittany Snider
204. Max Nudelman
205. Barbara Washington
206. Tina Cowdery (nee Shorts)
207. Dylan Cowdery
208. Hailey Howard
209. Elizabeth Bucheit
210. Chrissy Wilson (nee Thompson)
211. Kristen Swartz
212. Torin Dunn
213. Kelsey P
214. Raegan Schafer
215. Olivia Perna
216. Bailey G
217. Bree Gannon
218. Brinna Bean
219. Kelli Hall (nee Nelson)
220. Emily Leffler
221. Katie Adkins
222. Victoria Beverly
223. Adam Spooner

This is a growing, living list. We will continue collecting names to support the students that Ashland University has failed.