cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.News RoundupStudents Can’t Hold U of Iowa Responsible for COVID-19 Spread in Residence HallsThe University of Iowa’s updated 2020-2021 housing contract ensures that students can’t hold it liable for the spread of COVID-19 in the residence halls when the college reopens in the fall, reported The Gazette. The university’s fall semester will begin Aug. 24 with hybrid and in-person instruction. While many students’ plans remain unclear, the university […]July 1, 2020News RoundupMississippi Will Remove Confederate Emblem From State FlagMississippi will remove a Confederate emblem from its state flag to end an association with racism and slavery. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed a historic bill approving the change. On Sunday, the state legislature passed the bill to remove the Confederate symbol from the state flag in response to growing sentiment against the […]July 1, 2020News RoundupWestern Carolina U Removes Name of Segregationist From AuditoriumWestern Carolina University is removing the name of a segregationist from an auditorium on campus in an effort to honor “diversity, equality and social justice.” Clyde R. Hoey, whom the building was named after, is a former governor of North Carolina who vigorously opposed civil rights legislation and favored racial segregation. He also opposed statehood […]July 1, 2020African-AmericanHistorically Black Meharry Medical College Joins the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials NetworkMeharry Medical College has joined the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Network and will be “enrolling community members” in studies of a handful of vaccine candidates, announced the Nashville, Tennessee-based historically Black institution on Tuesday. “I am excited given the importance of minority communities taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trials,” said Meharry’s president and CEO Dr. James E. K. Hildreth.June 30, 2020African-AmericanSouthwestern U Renames Hall in Honor of Its First Black Student and GraduateSouthwestern University has renamed a first-year residence hall after Ernest Clark, the institution’s first Black student and graduate. Southwestern’s president Dale T. Knobel said the renaming is in keeping with the university’s promise to support Black students, faculty, staff and alumni in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. “As a historian, I know that […]June 30, 2020News RoundupAfter Rejecting Its Removal in 2018, Hofstra U Now Decides to Move Jefferson StatueTwo years after rejecting a petition to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from campus, Hofstra University has now decided to move the monument from its position at the entrance to the Student Center. Jefferson, the country’s third president, was a slave owner. In 1998, DNA evidence indicated he fathered several children with Sally Hemmings, […]June 30, 2020News RoundupBlack Jewish College Student in Wisconsin Says She Was Set on FireA Black Jewish college student in Madison, Wisconsin, said she was set on fire last Wednesday by four White men which resulted in severe burns to her face and neck, reported various media outlets. The student, 18-year-old Althea Bernstein, said she was at a stoplight when she heard someone shout a racial epithet. Then, four […]June 30, 2020News RoundupPenn State U Commits $10 Million to Match Diversity ScholarshipsPennsylvania State University has made a $10 million commitment to scholarships that will support diversity across the institution. The funds will primarily be used to match new scholarships created by the university’s alumni and friends with gifts of $25,000 or more. The initiative is called the Educational Equity Matching Program and the scholarships will “enhance […]June 30, 2020News RoundupProfessor Who Made ‘Vile’ Comments About Minorities to RetireA University of North Carolina Wilmington professor who recently made what the college called “vile and inexcusable” comments about minorities and women will retire effective Aug. 1. The university issued a statement saying criminology professor Mike Adams decided to retire “after a discussion” with the institution’s chancellor and added that it was providing no further […]June 30, 2020Asian American Pacific IslanderStare Down the White Gaze: Demystifying the “Model Minority” Stereotype“You brought the virus here.” These words were thrown at me on a street corner as I walked my dog, soon after the stay-at-home order was issued. Before I realized that these words were meant for me, the man who uttered them already moved on.June 30, 2020Previous PagePage 97 of 3226Next Page
