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Article: Rita Geier to Lead UT Knoxville's Intercultural Initiatives
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 4, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Amy Blakely of University of Tennessee Communications, +1-
865-974-5034, +1-865-974-2225, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A civil
rights pioneer who 39 years ago sued the state of Tennessee to
desegregate its higher education system has come back to help lead
diversity efforts at the state's flagship institution.
Rita Sanders Geier has been named associate to UT Knoxville
Chancellor Loren Crabtree, and will help lead intercultural efforts
and implement goals of the university's diversity plan and Ready for
the World initiative.
She also will serve as senior fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr.
Center for Public ...