Last night, video footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols was released widely. Although there have been many conversations about this violent act since Tyre’s arrest on January 7th, and his subsequent death from the resulting injuries three days later, the release of the video has left many of us feeling shaken, horrified, upset and angry.
As an institution of higher education focused on the success of our students, it is our job to graduate generalists. After all, as we say in our vision statement, it is our aim to provide the broad range of knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to succeed — and to lead — in life.