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University of Virginia 'gets it' on diversity.(Brief Article)
Its Web site features a photo of a student-age female in front of a door with a note "I will not tolerate intolerance." With 23,000 students at its flagship Charlottesville campus, the University of Virginia has hired three new administrators to serve its diverse students. The hirings result from a September 2003 recommendation from the President's Commission on Diversity and Equity.
* Darlene Scott-Scurry became the university's new director of equal opportunity programs on August 15. A lawyer, she brings more than 15 years of legal counseling in higher ed and government.
* William Harvey became the school's first chief officer for diversity and equity on November 1. At a September meeting President John T. Casteen III addressed a number of racial incidents on campus, including racial epithets outside a dorm room and an apartment.
* Joy Pugh is the first full-time, permanent coordinator of its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and ...
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