cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsGov. LePage: Maine Will Investigate College Students Who VoteLEWISTON, Maine ― GOP Gov. Paul LePage says the state will investigate college students who vote in Maine to make sure they follow state law. The governor’s comment came after officials at Bates College said orange fliers distributed at dorms and at the dining hall are a “deliberate attempt at voter suppression.” The fliers said […]November 7, 2016StudentsUniversity of Wisconsin Student Leaders Condemn Response to Noose CostumeMADISON, Wis. ― University of Wisconsin-Madison student leaders are condemning the response to a man who wore an offensive costume to a football game. The man wore what appeared to be a President Barack Obama mask with a noose around its neck to the Oct. 29 game against Nebraska. Security officers asked him to remove […]November 7, 2016StudentsColleges Find Rebooting With Experienced Leadership Paying OffAs several higher ed institutions usher in new presidents and leaders, many look for opportunities to increase diversity, student enrollment and retention.November 6, 2016StudentsBefore Election Day, Harvard Takes a Stand Against Sexist Locker Room TalkAfter discovering a salacious scouting report where men’s soccer team members rated women’s team members, Harvard has canceled the team’s remaining season.November 6, 2016StudentsPassion Pushes Princess Williams to Guide Urban YouthKindergarten teacher Princess Williams received the Outstanding Urban Teacher Award at the International Conference on Urban Education last week.November 6, 2016StudentsEmporia State University Student Government Opposes Guns on CampusEMPORIA, Kan. ― Student government at Emporia State University is expressing its opposition to guns on campus after lawmakers approved a measure that will allow guns in campus buildings starting in July. The Associated Student Government released a resolution against guns on campus. The group’s president, Elijah Williams, said a recent survey showed that 72 […]November 6, 2016StudentsLast University Furls Mississippi’s Confederate-themed FlagJACKSON, Miss. ― The last of Mississippi’’s eight public universities has stopped displaying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Delta State University President Bill LaForge announced the decision Thursday. He said the university acted because state government hasn’t moved to change the flag. The university called for a different state banner […]November 6, 2016StudentsVandals Deface University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association SignMINNEAPOLIS ― Vandals defaced a sign promoting the University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association. Someone scrawled “ISIS” over a hand-painted mural on a bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Twin Cities campus. The acronym is a reference to the Islamic State group. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is […]November 6, 2016Faculty & StaffCase of Professor Accused of Genocide Ends with DeportationBALTIMORE ― Uncertainty surrounds the status of professor Leopold Munyakazi, who briefly taught French at Goucher College and was deported to Rwanda under international charges of genocide. His attorney in Northern Virginia, Ofelia Calderon, doesn’t know where he is being held and whether he has an attorney or trial date. “If there are not public […]November 6, 2016News RoundupLane Community College Instructor Who Was Stalked Gets PayoutEUGENE, Ore. ― Lane Community College has settled a lawsuit filed by an instructor who was stalked by a male student who told her he had links to neo-Nazis, agreeing to pay the instructor $175,000 and improve its campus security plans. Nadia Raza told The Register-Guard she filed the lawsuit as a last resort, after […]November 6, 2016Previous PagePage 631 of 3225Next Page
