Walter HudsonLatest NewsUNC Grants Tenure To Journalist Nikole Hannah-JonesAmid intense pressure, protests and a threat of a federal lawsuit, trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted 9-4 on Wednesday to grant tenure to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.June 30, 2021WomenReport: Massachusetts Shows Significant Increase In Number Of Women Of Color Leading Colleges And UniversitiesThe state of Massachusetts is touting some positive news: the increasing number of female college and university presidents. According to a recent study released by the Women’s Power Gap Initiative of the Eos Foundation, the number of women of color in the state have more than doubled over the past three years, with six women welcoming their first women presidents.June 24, 2021News RoundupErroneous Email Prompts Investigation at Lamar Institute of TechnologyAn early morning email was sent out to thousands of individuals claiming that in honor of Pride Month, Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) President Dr. Lonnie L. Howard had decided to publicly come out a gay. “It’s liberating,” the official school announcement read, claiming to quote Howard, who heads the largest two-year college in Southeast […]June 10, 2021StudentsNAACP Calls on Biden Administration to Cancel Student DebtThe NAACP—the nation’s oldest civil rights organization—is stepping up its efforts to pressure the Biden administration to cancel student debt, after the administration excluded debt forgiveness from its $6 trillion budget proposal last week.June 4, 2021COVID-19New Funding Initiatives Seek to Help North Carolina Rebound Amid COVID-19In an effort to help students access and complete postsecondary education in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has directed $51.4 million in new funding initiatives across the state.May 28, 2021African-American“Alma Mater” Debuts As Alabama A&M’s Beer of ChoiceCasey Warner put his classroom studies to use when he was tapped to spearhead an ambitious branding campaign for a new craft beer inspired by his beloved university: Alabama A&M University. On Thursday, “Alma Mater” made its official debut at a local brewery in Huntsville, thanks to Warner and two of his classmates who named the beer and launched an impressive rollout of the marketing strategy to get the beverage in the hands of beer lovers.May 27, 2021News RoundupJohn Warner Dies; Former GOP Senator Was Military ExpertFormer Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a courtly figure and longtime military expert whose marriage to Elizabeth Taylor gave him a potent dash of star power, has died at 94. Warner died Tuesday of heart failure at home in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and daughter at his side, his longtime chief of staff, […]May 27, 2021Latest NewsClark Atlanta University’s Executive Leadership Institute Gets $1Million from Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeA new initiative to train the next generation of HBCU presidents received major support, with a $1 Million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).May 19, 2021COVID-19New Initiative Puts Learners at the Forefront of Designing Paths to Address Educational ChallengesSix colleges and universities from across the nation are teaming up to launch a new initiative that they say will change the future of education.May 14, 2021HomeActress Phylicia Rashad Named Dean of Howard University’s College of Fine ArtsHoward University has hired well-known actress and stage director, Phylicia Rashad to serve as the dean of the school’s recently reestablished College of Fine Arts.May 12, 2021Previous PagePage 47 of 52Next Page
