Arizona State University fired the director of its print shop after an investigation found she violated the school's harassment policy.

Cathy Skoglund, who worked for the university's Print and Imaging Lab for 13 years, was terminated July 9. The Arizona Republic requested public records about her firing and the harassment investigation that day, and ASU responded with information three months later.

A termination letter to Skoglund dated July 9 says she violated ASU's policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The letter was the only record released by ASU.

The university back-paid employees in the print lab nearly $200,000 because they were "entitled to additional pay" that they did not receive while Skoglund was the director, a university spokeswoman said.

Skoglund did not respond to an email or a social media message seeking comment.

What did the investigation entail?

The July 9 letter to Skoglund from Daniel Dillon, the senior vice president & chief marketing officer of ASU's Enterprise Marketing Hub, provides scant detail on what she was alleged to have done.

The university received a "complaint from a female subordinate alleging that (Skoglund) distributed materials and told jokes of a sexual nature in the workplace," the letter states.

The ASU Office of Equity and Inclusion investigated a complaint against Skoglund and found her actions violated the university's policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

The July 9 letter references an earlier letter sent on June 24 that "explained more fully" the situation. The June 24 letter was not released to The Republic.

Dillon also wrote that he informed Skoglund in the June 24 letter of his intent to fire her, but before finalizing the decision, he gave her a chance to meet with another ASU employee to provide any additional information.

Skoglund provided additional information to the employee, who provided it to Dillon, but that information did not change his conclusion that she violated the policy.

"For the foregoing reasons, your employment with ASU is terminated, effective immediately, and you are not eligible for rehire," he wrote on July 9.

Skoglund earned just over $95,000 annually as director of the print shop, according to AZ Data Central's Arizona government salary database.

The Print and Imaging Lab produces promotional products, banners, paper products, documents and other items for ASU. The employee workforce consists of staff members and student workers.

Why so little information?

The university has released few details about the Skoglund investigation.

In previous investigations of harassment by university employees, ASU has released much more detail on allegations and how they were investigated.

In the past year, determination letters that included details of allegations of harassment policy violations and explanations from those accused were released on multiple occasions.

Determination letters with allegations against Lawrence Krauss, Paris Dennard and Carlos Benjamin, for example, all included far more details and responses than what was released in Skoglund's case. Only Skoglund's termination letter was released.

The university pointed to a university policy and said "it would not in the best interest of the university to release such documents because doing so may have a chilling effect on employees’ willingness to report misconduct," spokeswoman Katie Paquet said in an email.

"The university wants employees to be able to make such reports without fear their situation may end up in the press."

Employees get back pay

Beyond the harassment policy violation, under Skoglund's tenure as director her employees didn't receive nearly $200,000 in pay that they were owed.

ASU "received information" in April that multiple employees hadn't received "pay to which they were entitled," Paquet said in an email.

The university started an investigation and determined the employees were "entitled to additional pay." They received the money in May.

In total, employees were paid out about $183,000.

Paquet said fewer than 10 employees were affected. All worked in the print and imaging lab, she said.

Few details were released about why university officials paid the money to employees. The university said the records requested by The Republic on this issue did not fall under the categories of what can be released under university policy. Those categories include information like names, titles, employment dates, pay rates and disciplinary records.

Reach reporter Rachel Leingang by email at rachel.leingang@gannett.com or by phone at 602-444-8157, or find her on Twitter and Facebook.

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