Monica Levitan (EDU)News RoundupUVI President Elected to Kansas State Athletics Hall of FameUniversity of the Virgin Islands (UVI) president Dr. David Hall was elected to the Kansas State University Athletics Hall of Fame. Hall was a Kansas State (K-State) basketball player and is one of nine distinguished alumni inducted over the weekend. Named “All American” and three-year letterman for his athletic and academic accomplishments, he participated in […]September 28, 2018News RoundupMeredith College Students and Faculty Assist Those in Need After Hurricane FlorenceMeredith College (MC) a private institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina, has provided support to students and surrounding communities who were affected by Hurricane Florence. The College canceled class and daily operations beginning on Wednesday Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. and reopened on Tuesday, Sept. 18. A majority of MC students evacuated campus to be […]September 28, 2018News RoundupTwo Langston University Students Allegedly Caught Using Counterfeit MoneyThousands of dollars in fake money was found in a dorm room at Langston University by Oklahoma police. The suspects, two Langston students were allegedly caught trying to use $100 counterfeit money to purchase liquor at a local store. Dennis Brantley, the store owner told KOCO News 5 he initially thought it was real money, […]September 28, 2018Recruitment & RetentionUT Austin’s Achieves Highest Four-Year Graduation Rate in its HistoryThe University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)’s Class of 2018 achieved the highest graduation rate of 69.8 percent for a four-year program in the university and of any public university in the state during the recent academic year. Among the percent of UT Austin’s most recent graduates, a record number of minority, first-generation and […]September 27, 2018StudentsGene Haas Foundation Awards Metropolitan Community College $10,000 for Manufacturing ScholarshipsThe Gene Haas Foundation, a private nonprofit organization, has awarded the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) Foundation with a $10,000 donation to fund scholarships for the MCC Precision Machine Technology program. The MCC Precision Machine Technology program is an increasingly popular initiative among students at the South Omaha campus as a result of the new Center […]September 27, 2018News RoundupAgencies Launch Investigation into Yale University’s Admissions PracticesThe U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have begun investigating whether Yale University Admissions racially discriminate against Asian American student applicants. The investigation was announced in a letter released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to the Asian American Coalition for Education, according to the Washington Post. The letter also […]September 27, 2018Latest NewsSurvey Results Show Need for More Diversity in the Cybersecurity FieldMore can be done to recruit women into the field of cybersecurity, according to a recent survey conducted by Champlain College Online, a private, regionally accredited institutionSeptember 26, 2018African-AmericanBrown University Building Renamed After First Black GraduatesBrown University president Dr. Christina Paxson has announced it will rename one its most utilized buildings in the center of campus to Page-Robinson Hall, to honor Inman Edward Page and Ethel Tremaine Robinson, two of Brown’s first Black graduates. “Inman Page was born into slavery, sought liberty and opportunity and found them at Brown — and […]September 26, 2018News RoundupLebanon Valley College Face Steep CutsLebanon Valley College (LVC), located in Pennsylvania has announced that it will eliminate faculty positions and program majors after its board of trustees called for a $1.6 million cut to academic funding. The cuts would discontinue French, German, philosophy and religion majors in addition to reorganizing other majors. As part of the budget-cuts, LVS will […]September 26, 2018News RoundupPresident Trump Appoints College Presidents to Board of Advisors on HBCUsThe White House has announced the appointments of several college presidents and business leaders to be members of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Among the appointees is Bennett College president Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins. “I am honored to represent Bennett College by serving on the HBCU Advisory Board […]September 26, 2018Previous PagePage 51 of 58Next Page
