JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Students at East Tennessee State University protested on campus Friday after the school's announcement regarding the closure of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office in April.

Students began protesting at 11 a.m. near the Borchuck Plaza and Memorial Fountain, carrying posters and pamphlets that addressed DEI.

ETSU Senior Raylee McKenzie said the protest is not just about the office's closure, but more so about how the university's DEI policies are implemented.

"Today, we're protesting to kind of address the changes to DEI policies on our campus," she said. "Mostly, we're calling for more transparency from administration, because a lot of the changes that happened over the spring and summer just weren't properly communicated to the students."

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