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Silver Named UMaine's Director of Equal Opportunity
As part of ongoing efforts to move forward in promoting and supporting equal opportunity and diversity at the University of Maine, a permanent director of equal opportunity has been named.
Evelyn Silver will direct the Office of Equal Opportunity. Her appointment is pending approval by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees.
UMaine President Peter S. Hoff notes that the University is fortunate to have a person of Silver's caliber and background. "She has extensive experience, extraordinarily good judgment, and a sensitivity to individual needs that will be enormously helpful in promoting equality of opportunity at this campus," he says.
Silver has served as interim director of Equal Opportunity at UMaine since July, after eight months as associate director. Her prior higher education experience includes nine years with the University of Maine System Office of Human Resources, where her work focused on staff development and training, policy development, conflict resolution, and employee communication. During this time, she developed a sexual harassment awareness program for faculty and conducted training on all campuses. She also created and produced a biannual newsletter on human resources topics for 800 supervisors and administrators.
Silver also has worked as a human resources consultant in
Washington, D.C., served as mediator with the Maine Court Mediation Service, and directed the Center for Professional Development with the Training and Development Corp., Bangor.