HERKIMER - Dr. Janet Evelyn-Dorsey received a letter from college President Dr. Ronald Williams this past February, stating she was suspended with pay.

More than two months after the suspension, Evelyn-Dorsey says she still doesn't know why she was suspended, and has yet to hear if she still has a job.

After a Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL request, NEWSChannel 2 obtained that letter. In it, Dr. Williams states that Dr. Janet Evelyn-Dorsey is suspended regarding past and possible future interactions with a person whose name is blacked out.

The letter says her "staff" will be notified she is on vacation and the suspension will last until a hearing is conducted.

After two months of silence and wondering, Dr. Evelyn-Dorsey says she is going public, saying there has yet to be a hearing. Evelyn-Dorsey says the initial hearing was scheduled for March 14. However, it was postponed.

She says she has not heard back yet about another scheduled hearing, and her lawyer, David Goldbas, says he has been informed that the suspension was due to two or three incidents that center around comments made by Evelyn-Dorsey.

One of those comments came during a meeting with her peers on campus where she used the phrase "drop dead."

Goldbas says the other comment came at a social gathering off campus where she allegedly used an expletive, but would not elaborate.

Evelyn-Dorsey says she is looking for a resolution.

"My goal at this point is to call upon the board of trustees at Herkimer County Community College, and the administration, to schedule my hearing immediately," she said. "I need to move on with my life and my career."

Evelyn-Dorsey's lawyer says she was asked on two occasions after her suspension to represent the college at SUNY events throughout the state.

We did contact HCCC. Officials there issued a very brief statement, saying:

"This is an internal administrative matter that the college cannot comment on at this time."