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By Kacie Varriale
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October 11, 2006
In order to help promote diversity and to assist in the restructuring of human resources management at the University, Susan Carkeek, currently vice president of human resources at the University of New Mexico, was recently appointed the new chief human resources officer.
Gertrude Fraser, vice provost and chair of the search committee for Carkeek's position, said the committee chose Carkeek because "she had many decades' experiences in human resources at large, complex research institutions similar to U.Va."
Fraser explained that Carkeek had the skills necessary for the job as the University achieves more autonomy.
"Because we are, as a university, going to be undergoing a lot of human resources changes as we change our relationships with the state, we wanted someone who really understood the change [needed] at a high level [of] management," Fraser said.
According to Fraser, Carkeek increased diversity in the employment of personnel through her work at the University of New Mexico.
"She developed human resource tools to encourage community members to apply for positions at the UNM so that she really reached to Latinos and Native Americans," Fraser said.
