The man who was set to take the helm at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside resigned from the position Tuesday in the midst of a federal criminal probe involving the use of funds at his college, UW officials announced.
Robert Felner, who has served as dean of the University of Louisville’s College of Education and Human Development since 2003, was supposed to start his new job as chancellor at UW-Parkside July 1. But he called UW System officials Sunday to tell them of the federal investigation.
The U.S. attorney’s office in western Kentucky said Monday that it was conducting a joint criminal investigation with the University of Louisville and federal law enforcement agencies. The U.S. attorney’s office did not name Felner. But his attorney, Scott C. Cox, told the Louisville Courier-Journal that Felner is at the center of the investigation sparked by university officials’ allegation that roughly $500,000 in federal grant money was mishandled