March 17, 2006

Retirement Package for Departing President Causes Uproar at Nebraska Wesleyan U.

By AMY RAINEY

News that Nebraska Wesleyan University's president will receive a $723,585 retirement package has led to an uproar on the 1,500-student campus. Angered by the reported amount of the package and the secrecy that has surrounded the process, about 50 students held a sit-in outside a meeting of the institution's Board of Governors this month.

The president, Jeanie L. Watson, announced her retirement in February. Neither she nor other senior administrators would discuss details of the

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