Vice Provost of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement Caroline Laguerre-Brown will leave her position at GW on July 1, per a University release Thursday.
After Tiara Floyd spearheaded the #BlackatKU hashtag last summer to highlight Black studentsâ experiences at the University of Kansas, the Spencer Research Library began the process of archiving tweets using the hashtag. Floyd, KU s first woman of color student body president, started the hashtag at the height of Black Lives Matter protests last summer to share her experiences with racism at KU.Â
Beth Whittaker, Director of Spencer Research Library, said in an email to the Kansan that KU Libraries personnel recognized #BlackatKU as a record of the lives of students of color. Before starting the archiving process, the library consulted with former Interim Vice Provost of the Office of Diversity and Equity Jennifer Ng and former Assistant Vice Provost for Equity & Inclusion  Precious Porras. Porras then reached out to Floyd, who confirmed her support of archiving.Â