Julie Hermann Directed Staff to Reach Out and Touch Rutgers Donors, "But Not in a Jerry Sandusky-Type Way"

Julie Hermann must have a lot of people that do not like her. She issued a public apology to Penn State after some Rutgers fans wore “Beat Ped State” shirts during last week’s game. She called the references a “classless display” of “a handful of Rutgers fans.”

Today, NJ Advance Media has multiple sources, anonymous for “fear of retribution,” who say that Hermann made her own tasteless Penn State joke last year during a private meeting.

"According to a second Rutgers employee, Hermann told her staff they are “all ambassadors for Rutgers. We have to reach out to our donors, fans, everyone, and we need to touch them. Not in a Jerry Sandusky-type way.”"

Honestly, sounded like an impromptu statement resulting from hearing herself saying that they should reach out and touch donors. I think that’s probably good advice from a fundraising perspective.