A whistleblower lawsuit filed by a longtime Penn State employee alleged the university and a top administrator mismanaged at least $500,000 during a time of universitywide belt-tightening.
David Aneckstein, the senior communications director for Penn State Outreach and Online Education, said in the lawsuit there were so many wrongdoings in the lead-up to a fall conference that it amounted to a waste of government money.
He also said he was demoted in retaliation for raising his concerns. A message left Monday with the university was not immediately returned.
Aneckstein said he filed an anonymous whistleblower complaint in late August about what was an upcoming Outreach conference, one that argued it was inadequately planned and would result in a “significant loss of state funds.”
He said he met with Larry D. Terry II, the university’s vice president for Outreach, one-on-one and suggested the conference be delayed a year because it “needed a different timeline to be successful.” With major organizational changes in the department that oversees programs including WPSU, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and The Arboretum at Penn State, Aneckstein argued there would be less staff to assist and that it would be difficult to plan a well-attended conference in less than eight months.
He also placed blame with a planning committee that he said missed several internal deadlines for securing venues, speakers, sponsors and an agenda. Those delays, he alleged in the lawsuit filed...
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