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Traci Guinn named interim associate VP for diversity
By Aaron McMann on August 2, 2012 1:57 pm / 6 comments
Central Michigan University announced Thursday that Traci Guinn has been named the interim associate vice president for diversity.
Guinn, executive director for CMU’s Center of Inclusion and Diversity the last 13 years, will take over duties effective Aug. 20. She fills the spot left by the departing Denise Green, who announced her resignation in June to take a job at Ryerson University in Toronto.
“Dr. Guinn’s experience as director of the center for 13 years will provide a smooth transition until the position is filled permanently,” Provost Gary Shapiro said in a statement.
Guinn has been employed by CMU since 1998, where she started in admissions and became the associate director of admissions for minority enrollment. Born in Shreveport, La., she went to high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended the University of Memphis for her bachelor’s degree. She holds a master’s degree in educational administration and community leadership from CMU.
A nationwide search to permanently fill the position will begin this fall.
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Dr. Traci Guinn received her Ed.D from Central Michigan University in Higher Education Administration.
Congratulations! So proud of you. You have earned it!!
She holds a Doctorate from CMU. Oh CM Life, will you ever strive to achieve integrity in your journalism?
Why do we need the position?
Think about it for a minute.
You have a Democratic Party controlled Board.
They hired all these administrators.
The faculty and nearly all positions at CMU are union positions which is the Democratic Party.
Administration and Faculty all liberal.
With practically every employee liberal and most of them unionized, are you saying they don’t understand diversity? They don’t practice diversity? I thought the Democrats and Liberals and educators were so diversity-minded to begin with. That’s what they’re always telling us conservatives who watch Fox News and listen to Limbaugh. So, they can’t police themselves?
We could eliminate the office and give the money to poor kids in Flint and Detroit and give them a chance to get a business degree or some worthwhile degree.
With 99 percent of the payroll liberal and Democrat, would someone explain to me why we need a Diversity department? Could it be liberals and Democrats aren’t the open-minded people that they say they are?
You mean Liberals could be racists or sexists or homophobes?
You fail to realize that while there are many people who are not racist, sexist, or any of the above. There is still ignorance of concerning diversity otherwise for an example people wouldn’t be afraid of getting on a plane with a person who appears to be from the middle-east. Maybe you should go to the office of Center of Inclusion and Diversity and discover its importance for yourself.
Shara, so you’re saying educators and staff at CMU refuse to get on airplanes with people who appear to be from the middle east???
So, that’s why we need to raise tuition and spend hundreds of thousands on this department. Couldn’t we just have a CMU counselor find out what their hangup is????