Black IssuesStudentsUniversity of Maryland-Based Trio ProgramUniversity of Maryland-Based Trio Program Tackles Digital DivideCollege Park, Md. Traditionally, programs falling under the TRIO umbrella of federally funded college prep initiatives for disadvantaged students have not been known to focus on the digital divide. Nevertheless, an initiative based at the University of Maryland at College Park titled ProjectLINKS may signal a new day for […]May 8, 2002African-AmericanThe Afro-Mestizo ConnectionThe Afro-Mestizo ConnectionScholars team up to study Southern Mexico’s African rootsAcapulco has been billed as “the resort that never sleeps.” It’s the playground of the wealthy, home to the glittering “Golden Zone” shopping district, nightclubs and restaurants too numerous to count — and, just outside the city limits, a group of 98 percent Black towns […]May 8, 2002Faculty & StaffTranslating the African Past: The Islamic Heritage of Sub-Saharan AfricaTranslating the African Past: The Islamic Heritage of Sub-Saharan AfricaOn a recent trip to the West African nation of Mali, Dr. John O. Hunwick encountered in Timbuktu signs of its legacy being resurrected in the form of new libraries. To this scholar of African history and frequent visitor to the dusty, desert city near the […]May 8, 2002Faculty & StaffAdding International Flavor to your RésuméAdding International Flavor to your RésuméBack in the 1980s, Anthony Pinder was trading futures for a living in Chicago. When the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the stock market, he decided the timing was right to do something he had thought about for years. He joined the Peace Corps. Pinder’s 2 ½ years in Ecuador changed […]May 8, 2002HBCUsGoing GlobalGoing Global: Traditionally, the percentage of African American students who studied abroad has been low; however, university officials are looking into ways to increase those numbers.By Linda Meggett BrownInternational study abroad programs aren’t new but they are beginning to take off at historically Black colleges and universities. The challenge for these institutions is to make such […]May 8, 2002StudentsSPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONSPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONPerhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened interest. Many had feared collapse of study abroad programs as images of hijacked airplanes crashing into the World […]May 8, 2002HBCUsConference Seeks to Empower Black Farmers, LandownersConference Seeks to Empower Black Farmers, LandownersTuskegee, Ala.Increasing political awareness of African American land loss was the primary focus of a recent conference held at Tuskegee University. The conference, “Shadow Lands: Empowering the African American Farmer and African American Landowner,” was sponsored by the NAACP as part of the organization’s voter empowerment agenda.According to the […]May 8, 2002HomeLaw School, Tennessee State End Merger NegotiationsLaw School, Tennessee State End Merger NegotiationsNASHVILLE, Tenn.Negotiations to merge the Nashville School of Law into Tennessee State University — required by the settlement of a desegregation lawsuit against Tennessee’s higher education system — have been broken off by the law school out of concern over the state’s persistent budget troubles. The chairman of the […]May 8, 2002StudentsMIT Professor Celebrates 60th Birthday With Scholarship FundMIT Professor Celebrates 60th Birthday With Scholarship Fund CAMBRIDGE, Mass.MIT professor Dr. Wesley L. Harris is a private person who prefers to celebrate birthdays quietly with his family, little fanfare, no fuss.When his 60th loomed last fall, his wife, Sandra, wanted to surprise him by doing something special. Her dilemma: What do you do for […]May 8, 2002HBCUsFormer Head of Work-Study Program Headed to PrisonFormer Head of Work-Study Program Headed to PrisonBATON ROUGE, La.The former director of Southern University’s work-study program will spend 30 months in federal prison for engineering a kickback scheme.In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge Ralph Tyson said Eloise Blount and her accomplices used the university’s work-study program as their own “personal piggy bank” […]May 8, 2002Previous PagePage 228 of 431Next Page
