Former Metro Council person Tanaka Vercher worked at TSU for 21 years. However, the lawsuit stated this fall fell into turmoil for her when it came to distributing financial aid money. You can ...

On Aug. 27, Tanaka Vercher claims she refused to bend the rules in service of the university. The next day, she says, Tennessee State University fired her. Tanaka Vercher, the former director of ...

According to the complaint filed in the Davidson County Chancery Court, Tanaka Vercher said TSU retaliated against her for refusing to break federal law in order to get financial aid money for the ...

The school has been fighting against underfunding, had its board vacated, been through three presidents and found themselves ...

Adding to the tumult is friction with a former financial aid director. Tanaka Vercher, who worked at TSU for 21 years, sued the university last week, claiming officials retaliated against her for ...

Tennessee State University's former director of financial aid is suing the school, claiming she was fired a day after she refused to skip steps in a process to get federal financial aid money to ...

The legislation, co-sponsored by then-Council Members Sharon Hurt, Scott Davis, and Tanaka Vercher, was designed to “level the playing field for minority and women-owned businesses,” read ...