cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.African-AmericanRestoring Voting Rights to Felons a Step Toward Ending Black Voter SuppressionIn deciding to restore voting rights to 13,000 former felons, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe took a “bold” step to end a practice of Black voter suppression that hearkens back to the Reconstruction Era.August 22, 2016StudentsOhio Colleges Have Funds to Help Students in EmergenciesCOLUMBUS, Ohio ― For college students who are poor, the margin between graduating and dropping out can be as slim as an unpaid utility bill or a busted transmission. Even if they have grants and loans to pay for most of their tuition and housing, any unexpected expense can kill the best-laid plans. That’s where […]August 21, 2016Native AmericansNative Communities Get Help with Health DisparitiesBOZEMAN, Mont. ― Montana State University and its partners have received $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities facing Native communities in Montana and Alaska. University officials say the new American Indian-Alaska Native Clinical and Translational Research Program includes collaborators from Blackfeet Community College, the University of Montana, the […]August 21, 2016African-AmericanThe Donald Discovers DiversityHis new team is scouring the data like stock-pickers looking for undervalued buys, and they’ve finally stumbled on something Trump has ignored all campaign. People of color.August 21, 2016African-AmericanJournalism Giant George Curry DiesGeorge E. Curry, an award-winning veteran journalist and a fierce advocate for the Black press, died from an apparent heart attack on Saturday evening. He was 69.August 21, 2016African-AmericanSheriff Clarke’s Roots in Controversy Run DeepDiverse reporter offers first-hand account of when the Milwaukee County conservative firebrand began implementing practices that reflect the mindset of the sheriff who says, “Stop trying to fix the police. Fix the ghetto.”August 21, 2016Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Arizona President Calls for Independent Probe of Medical SchoolsTUCSON, Ariz. ― The president of the University of Arizona has called for an independent investigation into allegations of misuse of public funds by its two medical schools. The Arizona Daily Star reports that President Ann Weaver Hart released a statement on Monday calling for the independent third-party investigation with no university or Arizona Board […]August 18, 2016StudentsMontana College Expels Students 4 Years after Saudis CheatedBUTTE, Mont. ― Fifteen summer school students have been expelled for cheating at Montana Tech, the same college that dismissed several Saudi students and revoked the degrees of others after discovering a former employee altered their transcripts four years ago. Doug Abbott, vice chancellor for academic affairs, declined to release any other information about the […]August 18, 2016Faculty & StaffMissouri Attorney General Backs Professor in LawsuitCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the University of Missouri Board of Curators in support of a university law professor’s challenge to the campus firearms ban. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boone County, Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Attorney General Chris Koster, wrote that the campus […]August 18, 2016StudentsSenior Lecturer: Milwaukee Uprising Illustrates Need for SocialismSenior lecturer Ahmed Mbalia says the violence that unfolded in Milwaukee in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Sylville K. Smith is symptomatic of a failed capitalistic system that needs to be replaced by socialism.August 18, 2016Previous PagePage 674 of 3225Next Page
