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   SACRAMENTO, Calif. —   
   A day after the California State University chancellor placed Sonoma   
   State's president on leave, the school system announced the president's   
   retirement.   
      
   Previous coverage in the video player above   
      
   "President Ming-Tung ‘Mike’ Lee has informed me of his decision to retire   
   from his role at Sonoma State University," a statement from CSU Chancellor   
   Mildred Garcia said in a statement. "I thank President Lee for his years   
   of service to the California State University—starting at California State   
   University, Sacramento—and to higher education overall. I wish him and his   
   family well.   
      
   Garcia placed Lee on leave, citing "insubordination" over his making an   
   agreement with a pro-Palestinian group to pursue an academic boycott of   
   Israeli institutions and "divestment strategies."   
      
   Lee quickly issued an apology for the agreement.   
      
   “In my attempt to find agreement with one group of students, I   
   marginalized other members of our student population and community. I   
   realize the harm that this has caused, and I take full ownership of it,”   
   Lee said in a statement.   
      
   In his original message, Lee endorsed student activism, protest and   
   dissent.   
      
   Garcia in her statement said she is working with acting president Nathan   
   Evans and the Board of Trustees while figuring out the next steps in   
   replacing Lee, who also served at Sacramento State for 28 years.   
      
   At Sac State, one of the other 23 campuses comprising the CSU, the   
   university updated its policies in response to an encampment also on its   
   campus.   
      
   The policy, which does not specifically list Israel as its target, "is   
   intentionally meant to cover the many atrocities and challenges that are   
   taking place all over the world," Sacramento State said.   
      
   The updated policies say the university "condemns all acts of genocide,   
   ethnic cleansing, terrorism and other activities that violate fundamental   
   human rights."   
      
   One of the changes says the university's foundation does not have   
   investments in "corporations and funds that profit from genocide, ethnic   
   cleansing and activities that violate fundamental human rights." The   
   change in policy says the university "nevertheless" directs the   
   foundation's finance committee to ensure its investment portfolios steer   
   clear of such investments.   
      
   Colleges across the campus have become the epicenter for protesters and   
   demonstrators decrying Israel's actions in Gaza. The retaliation and   
   response by some school systems has prompted an academic workers strike   
   across the University of California system. This is the first strike of   
   its kind because it is political by nature.   
      
   https://www.kcra.com/article/sonoma-state-president-mike-lee-   
   retires/60827358   
      
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