Bill Cosby's long relationship with his beloved Temple University has come to an end, another effect of the scandal engulfing the once adored television star and comedian

Cosby has resigned from Temple's board of trustees, a position he held for 32 years. At least 15 women have spoken publicly accusing the comedian of sexual misconduct, and many of the women say that he drugged them before he raped them. Some of the attacks took place decades ago. "I have always been proud of my association with Temple University," Cosby said in a statement released by the university. "I have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and its students. As a result, I have tendered my resignation from the Temple University Board of Trustees." "The Board of Trustees accepts Dr. Cosby's resignation from the board and thanks him for his service to the university," was the university's response. The board of trustees had been under pressure from alumni and other members of the Temple community to cut ties. A change.org petition demanding the university end its relationship with Cosby has more than 1,000 signatures. One of Cosby's accusers worked at Temple. In a report to police in her home province of Ontario, Canada, in January 2005, Andrea Constand said that in January 2004, when she was a 31-year-old staffer for the Temple women's basketball team, she was at the comedian's Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, home when Cosby provided her medication that made her dizzy. She told police that she later woke up to find her bra undone and her clothes in disarray. Though no charges were filed, Cosby settled a civil suit with Constand that alleged 13 Jane Does had similar stories. Janice Dickinson, a former supermodel, says that Cosby assaulted her in 1982 after the two had dinner in Lake Tahoe. She alleges that he gave her a pill and a glass of red wine shortly before she passed out. When asked what went through her mind when she heard there were other women accusing Cosby, Dickinson said: "I am here for those women ... I want to validate these women and I want to applaud them for their courage." At one point in the interview, she broke down in tears and covered her face. "But I'm strong, and I'm gonna stand on my own two feet and I'm gonna tell my side of the story, and it's not gonna end here," she said. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently also cut ties with Cosby. "Bill Cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of UMass Amherst's capital campaign. He no longer has any affiliation with the campaign nor does he serve in any other capacity for the university," said Ed Blaguszewski, a spokesman for University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Cosby got his master's and doctorate in education from the university in the 1970s.