Ex-University of Connecticut official fined for improperly awarding fellowship to husband

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut ethics panel has fined a former University of Connecticut diversity official $20,000 after determining she awarded her husband a $54,000 fellowship he did not apply for,
and was not eligible to receive.

The Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board on Thursday assessed the fine on Charmane Thurmand, who as UConn’s graduate diversity officer assisted the graduate school in awarding diversity fellowships.

A UConn spokeswoman said that Thurmand’s husband was ineligible because he did not have the required degree.

Thurmand resigned when the allegations first surfaced and has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against UConn.

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