DeKALB | Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden has released a statement following the social media spark surrounding a video in which a man uses racial slurs at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, 934 Greenbrier Road.

The video, which was originally posted on Snapchat, was shared on Twitter Sunday with the caption “So this what happens at TKE?” The video has since been retweeted 151 times. Student conduct is investigating the incident.

The man in the video is not an alumnus or student, according to the statement.

“NIU leadership knows that this disturbing video has caused harm in our community and directly goes against our core values of diversity, equity and inclusion,” Edghill-Walden said in the statement.

TKE officials have also released a statement responding to the video in which they renounce the video.

“Though the actions of this non-member are completely unacceptable, we hope his poor choice opens a dialogue on the NIU campus on how we can all contribute to build a better world,” according to the statement that was released Monday on Twitter.

Edghill-Walden outlined the ways in which administrators plan to combat the incident, including diversity training for TKE members to be completed by May 1, diversity training for all Student Association-recognized student organizations to be completed by Oct. 1 and a meeting between black student leaders and TKE leaders by April 17.

This story is developing.