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Article: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.: Rita Geier To Lead UT Knoxville's Intercultural Initiatives
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- September 4, 2007
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The University of Tennessee issued the following news release:
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 Policy.
"I have accepted the invitation to come to UT because this is an institution that is forward-thinking. International and ...