cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.HomeMERLENE AITKEN-SMITHMERLENE AITKEN-SMITH has been named senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator at Grambling State University in Louisiana. She is currently senior associate athletic director for compliance, student services/senior woman administrator, and Title IX investigator at Clayton State University. Aitken-Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a juris doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Law.July 22, 2020HomeCECIL HICKSCECIL HICKS has been named associate vice chancellor of diversity, equity, access and inclusion at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Most recently assistant vice chancellor and director of the university’s Office of Human Resources, Hicks holds a bachelor’s in business management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a master’s in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.July 22, 2020HomeNADINE PETTYNADINE PETTY has been appointed chief diversity officer and associate vice president for community, equity and diversity at the University of New Hampshire. Currently executive director of the Center for Diversity and Enrichment at the University of Iowa, Petty holds a bachelor’s in English and a master’s in teaching from the University of Rochester in New York and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and organizational development from the University of Louisville in Kentucky.July 22, 2020Community CollegesToo Early to Assess Fall Enrollment at Community Colleges, Say ExpertsWhile some experts are expecting a jump in the popularity of two-year institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the data doesn’t yet reflect such a trend, and many say it’s too early to tell what the fall holds in store. A lot may depend on whether four-year colleges decide to keep instruction mostly remote.July 21, 2020COVID-19U of Pittsburgh: Students Must Shelter-in-Place for Two Weeks Before In-Person ClassesThe University of Pittsburgh will require students to shelter-in-place for two weeks before they can begin attending in-person classes in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Pittsburgh’s Action News. Students living in campus housing will be required to shelter-in-place for seven days immediately before arriving on campus and then for seven days immediately upon […]July 21, 2020SportsNorth Atlantic Conference Cancels All Fall SportsThe North Atlantic Conference has decided to cancel all fall sports competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The canceled sports include men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s tennis, men’s golf and women’s volleyball. The conference hasn’t yet made a decision about winter or spring sports. “This is a difficult day for […]July 21, 2020SportsSWAC Postpones All Fall Sports, Says Football Training Will Begin in JanuaryThe Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the postponement of all scheduled fall sports contests due to COVID-19 and said it has “started the process of formalizing plans” to hold these contests in the spring. Specifically, the conference said football training will begin in January 2021, ahead of a planned seven-game conference schedule. “Each member institution will […]July 21, 2020African-AmericanU of South Florida Creates $500,000 Fund for Projects to Study Systemic RacismThe University of South Florida has created a $500,000 fund to support the first round of research projects in a year-long series to explore systemic racism and find ways to solve the problem. The effort will be guided by a newly formed task force of faculty and staff from campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and […]July 21, 2020News RoundupGeorge Washington University to Reconsider Its ‘Colonials’ MonikerGeorge Washington University said on Monday it is reconsidering its ‘Colonials’ moniker, which its Board’s Naming Task Force said “stood apart as an issue of great concern.” Over the years, students have been calling for a change to the university’s moniker. Last year, students created a petition saying the moniker “glorifies the act of systemic oppression” […]July 21, 2020African-AmericanNearly 300 Faculty, Students Say Dartmouth Is ‘Racially Hostile’Close to 300 Dartmouth College faculty and students have written a letter to the college leadership saying the institution is “racially hostile” and needs to take “concrete steps to unravel its built-in structural racism perpetuated through the superficial and short-term fixes that our senior leadership constantly applies to the problem.” In the letter to Dartmouth […]July 21, 2020Previous PagePage 86 of 3226Next Page
