Black IssuesHomeNew Formula for Distance EducationNew Formula for Distance EducationThis month, Black college officials attending the annual National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education conference learned of an initiative designed to help their schools become more competitive in online distance education.The founding partners of the Historically Black Cyber College Consortium (HBC3) decided to unveil their nonprofit organization at NAFEO […]February 16, 2000HomePreserving Black Art On CampusPreserving Black Art On CampusA traveling exhibit displaying some of the rare treasures in historically Black college art collections also explains the delicate process that went into their restoration \When art curators Dr. Richard Powell and Jock Reynolds first discovered a murky portrait of a Black man, inauspiciously stowed in a storeroom of the Howard […]February 16, 2000StudentsCreating a Piece of Howard University’s HistoryCreating a Piece of Howard University’s HistoryFinding a staff that is interested in working on a yearbook poses big problems, according Kenneth Dean, student media coordinator of Alabama State’s newspaper, The Hornet Tribune, and yearbook, The Hornet Dean.“There is not this passion to work on them. [Students will] do it, but it’s not a passion,” […]February 16, 2000HBCUsFading MementosFading MementosThey’re full of photographs and stories about sports teams and cheerleaders and bands, fraternities and sororities and other campus organizations, classmates and professors and visiting celebrities — and a host of other memories and milestones from any particular year at any particular college. But in places, what they don’t have is popularity. “Yearbooks are […]February 16, 2000StudentsAll News Doesn’t Make it to PrintAll News Doesn’t Make it to PrintWith Black college newspapers struggling to maintain a campus presence, many Black journalism students are finding it harder to hone and showcase their skills The Campus Chronicle is a feisty little student newspaper at Alcorn State University in rural Mississippi. Last year, the paper won several awards in the […]February 16, 2000HomeShaking Up the Planetarium UniverseShaking Up the Planetarium UniverseThe investment of $210 million for New York’s Rose Center for Earth and Space is one of the most dramatic events to occur in the planetarium world in years. Built on the site of the old Hayden Planetarium, across the street from Central Park on the upper west side of Manhattan, […]February 16, 2000Faculty & StaffNew Star RisingNew Star RisingSome people gaze upon the stars in the hopes of making their dreams come true. Neil de Grasse Tyson looked up at the stars and found a career.That career is poised to — if not literally, at least figuratively — blast into orbit with the unveiling of the newly remolded Hayden Planetarium at […]February 16, 2000HomeProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsLarry T. Ellis has been named director of University Personnel Services for the University of Florida. He was promoted from his previous position as director of the division of small business and vendor diversity relations. Ellis earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education from Florida A&M University. He has […]February 16, 2000HomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsThe City University of New York-City College has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to boost research in the realm of nanotechnology hybrid molecular solid systems and to support the establishment of a new Ph.D. program in chemistry in the subdiscipline of nanoscale devices.Creighton University will use a $1 […]February 16, 2000African-AmericanEventsEventsFEBRUARYFeb. 13-17, 2000National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)25th Annual ConventionWashington, D.C.Contact: Wilma RoscoePhone: (301) 650-2440Web: www.nafeo.orgFeb. 16-20, 2000Association for Educational Communications and Technology“Creating Pathways to Learning: Educational Communications for the 21st Century”Long Beach, Calif.Contact: Lois FreelandPhone: (202) 347-7834E-mail: loisf@aect.orgWeb: www.aect.orgFeb. 21-26, 2000National Association of African American StudiesHoustonContact: Dr. Lemuel Berry Jr.Phone: (606) […]February 16, 2000Previous PagePage 396 of 431Next Page
