cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsConnections Keep Western Michigan’s Dunn EnergizedAn open and honest connection with students, faculty, administration and staff marked Dr. John M. Dunn’s tenure as president of Western Michigan University. And although he is retiring, that connection, he says, will not be broken.July 5, 2017Leadership & PolicyBennett College Names Dawkins 18th PresidentPhyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as interim president Bennett College since August 2016, was named as the historically Black school’s 18th president on Wednesday. Dawkins had taken the reins of the women’s college in Greensboro, North Carolina when Rosalind Fuse-Hall resigned. According to a statement released by Bennett, Dawkins primary goals are increasing enrollment […]July 5, 2017StudentsU of Illinois to Host Conference on College Student HungerURBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois will hold a conference focusing on the problem of hunger in college students. Agricultural engineering professor Prasanta Kalita organized the effort to bring the Presidents United to Solve Hunger conference to the Urbana-Champaign campus in March of next year. Kalita said the conference is expected to draw up […]July 5, 2017InternationalU.S. Denies Visas to Gambia Teens in Global Robotics ContestDAKAR, Senegal — The United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team’s leader said Tuesday. The teens found the rejection “very disheartening,” said Mucktarr M.Y. Darboe, who is also a director in the largely Muslim West African nation’s ministry of higher […]July 5, 2017StudentsU. of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities Gets $2.7M GrantDURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to support the independence, productivity and quality of individuals with disabilities. The funding for the university’s Institute on Disability comes from the federal Administration for Community Living. It will be used for research, for training future health and human […]July 5, 2017Asian American Pacific IslanderIvy League Historian Returns Prize After Citations QuestionsNEW YORK — A Columbia University professor who specializes in modern Korean and East Asian history has returned a 2014 prize he received from the American Historical Association after some sources in the winning book were questioned. Charles K. Armstrong, author of “Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992,” won the association’s […]July 5, 2017HomeThe New NationAs we prepare to celebrate the nation’s founding, it is a good time to reflect on the history of the colonial period, the Revolution and the creation of our government.July 5, 2017StudentsSt. Mary’s Unearths Evidence of Its Slave-laden PastSt. Mary’s College of Maryland is one of many colleges and universities currently exploring its ties to slavery and the slave trade. The college is not unique in having owned slaves.July 3, 2017StudentsReport: Homelessness on Rise for Community College StudentsHomelessness among community colleges is on the rise, according to a new report released by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a think tank that produces research aimed at improving equitable outcomes in postsecondary education.July 3, 2017StudentsJulia Lopez Opening Doors to College in CaliforniaJulia I. Lopez was already retired for three years from her position as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008 when she received a call from a head hunter who wondered if she might have any interest in serving as the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation.July 3, 2017Previous PagePage 488 of 3225Next Page
