Incoming Rutgers Athletic Director Julie Hermann May Be On Campus This Week

After a week of relentless widespread public scrutiny from the media over a trio of controversial topics, incoming Rutgers Athletic Director Julie Hermann may arrive on campus early this week to participate in discussions with Big 10 officials, NJ.com reports.

Hermann is scheduled to take over the new position on June 17.

Hermann replaces former former AD  Tim Pernetti, who resigned as a result of the scandal involving head basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired after a video surfaced showing what was termed “abusive behavior” toward his players during practice.

According to NJ.com, Rutgers officials have confirmed Hermann will be on campus this week to participae in discussions with representatives from the Big 10 conference, which Rutgers will officially join on July 1, 2014.

Rutgers and the University of Maryland will become the 13th and 14th schools in the tradition-rich athletic and academic conference. Rutgers will play one final season in the American Athletic Conference, formerly known as the Big East, 2013-14 athletic seasons.

Hermann didn't reveal to NJ.com whether she will be on campus this week, and no specific time frame was given in NJ.com's report.

Since Hermann was announced as the new AD, she has come under fire for alleged abuse of University of Tennessee volleyball players when she was the Lady Volunteers’ coach; discrimination against a former assistant volleyball coach after that coach announced she was pregnant; and for her role in a sexual discrimination lawsuit when she was an administrator at the University of Louisville.

Last week, Democratic Sen. who represents the 20th Legislative District in New Jersey, reiterated his call to have Pernetti reinstated to his position.

Several members of the 26-person search committee have stated they were "left in the dark" during the process, and it was revealed over the weekend that one member of the search committee, a Rutgers Sociology professor, apologized for the degree in which he interrogated a finalist about homosexual issues, according to NJ.com.

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