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Just got off the phone with Semya Hakim, faculty and staff coordinator the 

She said Provost Devinder Malhotra is supposed to answer questions tonight regarding the recent firing of Mahmoud Saffari, the university's associate VP for enrollment management.

For several weeks, the caucus has been protesting the conditions under which he was dismissed. It claims he was fired because he was a minority who was rocking the boat -- asking too many critical questions about the university's recent reorganization.

I've asked Hakim for details on what Saffari had said that supposedly riled up the administration, as well as any history of run-ins that he may have had with the leadership, and what he accomplished in office.

Also, she said the caucus will protest when MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and Gov. Mark Dayton visit St. Cloud State Oct. 27 for the noon groundbreaking of its $45 million science teaching-and-research facility.

She said she'll try to hand-deliver a letter of grievances to both Dayton and Rosenstone.

(Update: A campus spokesman said he didn't think Rosenstone was attending.)

Here's the press release on tonight's meeting. I'm hoping to find out what the provost says:

At the Student Government Association Meeting on October 20, 2011, Provost Devinder Malhotra will respond to questions regarding the recent dismissal of Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, Dr. Mahmoud Saffari.

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Just got off the phone with Semya Hakim, faculty and staff coordinator the St. Cloud State University Color Caucus. She said Provost Devinder Malhotra is supposed to answer questions tonight regarding the recent firing of Mahmoud Saffari, the university’s associate VP for enrollment management. For several weeks, the caucus has been protesting the conditions under…

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