COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KWTX) — Mark Welsh will step down from his role as President of Texas A&M University effective Friday, Sept. 19 at 5 p.m., according to Chancellor Glenn Hegar and the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.

According to the Texas Tribune , Welsh’s resignation comes after more than a week of turmoil sparked by a viral video of a student confronting a professor over gender content in a children’s literature course.

The Tribune reported the video, along with an audio recording of Welsh initially refusing to fire professor Melissa McCoul, first circulated online on Sept 8.

Welsh fired McCoul a day later, but the move did not satisfy state lawmakers who did not think Welsh handled the situation properly, the Tribune reported.

Chancellor Hegar on Sept. 18 t

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