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UniCesumar expels medical students over offensive messages to scholarship students
UniCesumar expelled medical students over offensive messages about scholarship students.
The case involves the university's campus in Maringá, in Paraná, Brazil.
UniCesumar is a private university.
The messages were posted in a WhatsApp group after Lula's election victory.
They targeted students who receive scholarships.
The university announced the expulsions in a statement, with no further steps described.
UniCesumar said it expelled some medical students and imposed other disciplinary measures over offensive messages about scholarship students.
The messages were shared in a WhatsApp group after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential election.
The university said its internal inquiry concluded on October 30.
It did not say how many students were disciplined.
The Regional Council of Medicine of Paraná condemned the reported conduct and said it would take steps within its authority.
- Who
- Medical students at UniCesumar were disciplined. The messages targeted scholarship students.
- What
- The university imposed warnings, suspensions and expulsions over offensive messages in a WhatsApp group.
- When
- The messages followed Lula’s election victory on Sunday the 25th. The university said its inquiry concluded on October 30.
- Where
- UniCesumar’s unit in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
- Why
- The messages made offensive and discriminatory comments about scholarship students after Lula’s victory.
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Medical students posted offensive messages about scholarship students after Lula’s election victory.
UniCesumar said its internal inquiry into the WhatsApp messages concluded and disciplinary measures were decided.
CNN Brasil and UOL reported the university’s disciplinary actions.
- University
- UniCesumar
- Campus
- Maringá, Paraná
- Disciplines
- Warnings, suspensions and expulsions
- Inquiry concluded
- October 30
- Number disciplined
- Not disclosed
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What people are saying
The UniCesumar reaffirms its commitment to ethics, responsibility, respect for life and the values that guide the education of its students.
Discriminatory attitudes are incompatible with these values and should not be tolerated in the medical training environment.