cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.StudentsCharleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity ProgramsDuke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman University’s Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.July 28, 2015African-AmericanFormer Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBIAs a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, “I’m really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.”July 28, 2015HomeAfrican-Born Ballerina Inspires Young Black DancersThe extraordinary arc of Michaela DePrince’s life has taken her from African war orphan to international ballerina and cultural heroine.July 28, 2015DisabiltiesADA at 25: Making Life AccessibleFive days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs’ world turned upside down.July 28, 2015African-AmericanIn Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is “Last Frontier”For a century and a half, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. It’s the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.July 28, 2015Leadership & PolicyPush for Wage Reform Continues in NYRather than ending New York’s long debate over the minimum wage, the plan to give a big pay bump to fast-food workers guarantees the debate will continue in the halls of the state Capitol for years to come.July 28, 2015Faculty & StaffLAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Stillman College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.July 28, 2015Community CollegesTHUY THI NGUYENTHUY THI NGUYEN has been named interim general counsel for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. She was interim president and chief executive officer of the Community College League of California. Nguyen holds a bachelor’s from Yale University and a juris doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles.July 28, 2015African-AmericanNADER TEHRANINADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelor’s degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s from Harvard University.July 28, 2015StudentsMILTON OVERTONMILTON OVERTON has been appointed director of intercollegiate athletics at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He was senior associate athletics director at the University of Alabama. Overton earned a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma.July 28, 2015Previous PagePage 875 of 3224Next Page
