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 is seeing a little unrest over the firing last month of Mahmoud Saffari, its associate VP for enrollment management.

The Students and Faculty of Color Caucus at SCSU on Thursday protested the apparently abrupt Sept. 20 dismissal of Saffari, who'd had the job for eight years. They say he was 

fired for being a person of color who was critical of the university,

Tamrat Tedeme, St. Cloud State professor of human relations and multicultural education, told a student government meeting:

President Earl Potter, in a letter to the faculty caucus, 

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According to the UTVS video above and accompanying story, St. Cloud State University is seeing a little unrest over the firing last month of Mahmoud Saffari, its associate VP for enrollment management. The Students and Faculty of Color Caucus at SCSU on Thursday protested the apparently abrupt Sept. 20 dismissal of Saffari, who’d had the…

What some St. Cloud State students and faculty are protesting

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