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BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Wesleyan University's interim President Georgia Nugent will replace author Michael Shermer as the keynote speaker at Wednesday's President's Convocation.

The university announced it made the decision after concerns were brought to its attention about multiple public allegations related to Shermer's conduct.

“These allegations in the aggregate represent a troubling pattern that challenges the mission of our institution,” Nugent said in the announcement.

A 2014 article in BuzzFeed outlined allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, which Shermer has denied. The allegations were also mentioned in a 2018 article in Inside Higher Education and a column in the Washington Post. Shermer is editor of Skeptic magazine and a speaker at secularist events.