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@cantb.bsky.social on the federal government forcing UVA's president to resign. (Inside Higher Ed)
June 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@cantb.bsky.social on the federal government forcing UVA's president to resign. (Inside Higher Ed)
"At a moment when higher education is in the political crosshairs, Ono appeared to some like he was more interested in joining the snipers than fighting back alongside his academic brethren."
www.chronicle.com/article/he-w...
www.chronicle.com/article/he-w...
June 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"At a moment when higher education is in the political crosshairs, Ono appeared to some like he was more interested in joining the snipers than fighting back alongside his academic brethren."
www.chronicle.com/article/he-w...
www.chronicle.com/article/he-w...
Santa Ono, in 2023, was asked (not under duress) about his commitment to DEI.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKo...
May 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Santa Ono, in 2023, was asked (not under duress) about his commitment to DEI.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKo...
In honor of Santa Ono leaving U-M for the University of Florida, it seems only fit that our U-M Graduate Student Employees organization should issue his final report card.
May 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In honor of Santa Ono leaving U-M for the University of Florida, it seems only fit that our U-M Graduate Student Employees organization should issue his final report card.
The University of Michigan Faculty Senate approves a mandate to protect our core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our vote is a “binding action of the University faculties.”
In response, U-M Provost McCauley directs deans to remove the term DEI from websites.
In response, U-M Provost McCauley directs deans to remove the term DEI from websites.
April 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The University of Michigan Faculty Senate approves a mandate to protect our core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our vote is a “binding action of the University faculties.”
In response, U-M Provost McCauley directs deans to remove the term DEI from websites.
In response, U-M Provost McCauley directs deans to remove the term DEI from websites.
April 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Your claim, Regent Acker, is flat-out inaccurate. Here are the facts, though we’ve noticed that you and the other U-M administrators can’t seem to use the words “Black students” anymore.
April 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Your claim, Regent Acker, is flat-out inaccurate. Here are the facts, though we’ve noticed that you and the other U-M administrators can’t seem to use the words “Black students” anymore.
U-M mass rally for DEI. Hundreds show up to say WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY! WE ARE DEI!! @umich.edu
April 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
U-M mass rally for DEI. Hundreds show up to say WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY! WE ARE DEI!! @umich.edu
Join members of the University of Michigan community to march in support of reinstating DEI work on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5 pm at the U-M Diag.
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Join members of the University of Michigan community to march in support of reinstating DEI work on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5 pm at the U-M Diag.
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Amazing rally by the Black Student Union today calling upon the University of Michigan to act on its values and protect its students. We are the people! We are the power!
@umich.edu
@umich.edu
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Amazing rally by the Black Student Union today calling upon the University of Michigan to act on its values and protect its students. We are the people! We are the power!
@umich.edu
@umich.edu
The moral of Luke Shaefer’s story: A schoolyard bully keeps taking your money.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The moral of Luke Shaefer’s story: A schoolyard bully keeps taking your money.
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Rashid Faisal notes that President Ono, though serving as UM's president because of the work of DEI initiatives, is now abandoning the university's moral and historic commitments.
tinyurl.com/39paaes5
tinyurl.com/39paaes5
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Rashid Faisal notes that President Ono, though serving as UM's president because of the work of DEI initiatives, is now abandoning the university's moral and historic commitments.
tinyurl.com/39paaes5
tinyurl.com/39paaes5
April 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As UM's Rackham Graduate School announces today that it will "discontinue its DEI plan in compliance with the recent directive."
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As UM's Rackham Graduate School announces today that it will "discontinue its DEI plan in compliance with the recent directive."
@umich.edu alums speak out about the regent and president’s decision to eliminate the Office of DEI and fire ODEI staff.
www.michigandaily.com/letters-to-t...
www.michigandaily.com/letters-to-t...
April 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@umich.edu alums speak out about the regent and president’s decision to eliminate the Office of DEI and fire ODEI staff.
www.michigandaily.com/letters-to-t...
www.michigandaily.com/letters-to-t...
Statement by the U of Michigan Latino Alumni Association Board expressing “deep disappointment with the University’s decision to close the Office of DEI.”
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Statement by the U of Michigan Latino Alumni Association Board expressing “deep disappointment with the University’s decision to close the Office of DEI.”
Black Student Union statement at @umich.edu
“Santa Ono and the regents are perfectly comfortable subjecting Black students on this campus to the growing racism and anti-Blackness that runs rampant in this country, and we don’t have the backbone to even attempt to defend us against rising fascism.”
“Santa Ono and the regents are perfectly comfortable subjecting Black students on this campus to the growing racism and anti-Blackness that runs rampant in this country, and we don’t have the backbone to even attempt to defend us against rising fascism.”
April 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Black Student Union statement at @umich.edu
“Santa Ono and the regents are perfectly comfortable subjecting Black students on this campus to the growing racism and anti-Blackness that runs rampant in this country, and we don’t have the backbone to even attempt to defend us against rising fascism.”
“Santa Ono and the regents are perfectly comfortable subjecting Black students on this campus to the growing racism and anti-Blackness that runs rampant in this country, and we don’t have the backbone to even attempt to defend us against rising fascism.”
Please sign and share! Open letter calling for @umich.edu to
reinstate the Office of DEI.
The letter’s authors have confirmed: anyone that is a part of the UM community—students, faculty, staff, parents of students and even community members—may sign.
www.change.org/p/bring-back...
reinstate the Office of DEI.
The letter’s authors have confirmed: anyone that is a part of the UM community—students, faculty, staff, parents of students and even community members—may sign.
www.change.org/p/bring-back...
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please sign and share! Open letter calling for @umich.edu to
reinstate the Office of DEI.
The letter’s authors have confirmed: anyone that is a part of the UM community—students, faculty, staff, parents of students and even community members—may sign.
www.change.org/p/bring-back...
reinstate the Office of DEI.
The letter’s authors have confirmed: anyone that is a part of the UM community—students, faculty, staff, parents of students and even community members—may sign.
www.change.org/p/bring-back...
The Black Student Union post in response to @umich.edu’s decision to cut the Office of DEI. 2/2
March 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Black Student Union post in response to @umich.edu’s decision to cut the Office of DEI. 2/2
The Black Student Union post in response to @umich.edu’s decision to cut the Office of DEI. 1/2
March 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Black Student Union post in response to @umich.edu’s decision to cut the Office of DEI. 1/2
“While sadness and anger are being expressed down the road in Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University says its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will continue.”
March 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“While sadness and anger are being expressed down the road in Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University says its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will continue.”
sneak preview of University of Michigan President Ono’s new book
March 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
sneak preview of University of Michigan President Ono’s new book
The President of the University of Minnesota steps up! This is the message we've all been hoping for at #UMich.
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@umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The President of the University of Minnesota steps up! This is the message we've all been hoping for at #UMich.
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