Black IssuesHomeGrants & AwardsGrants & AwardsFlorida A&M University recently has received $3.27 million in grants, including: $1.77 million from Ford Motor Co. for student scholarships and $1.5 million from Eli Lilly and Co. to increase the company’s pool of African American interns and professional employees.The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School […]January 19, 2000HomeEventsEventsJanuaryJan. 23-26Conference of Minority Public AdministratorsLas VegasContact: Doris MicheauxPhone: (817) 871-7841FebruaryFeb. 3-7American Association of Higher Education8th Annual Conference“Faculty Roles and Rewards: Scholarship Reconsidered — Update and New Directions”New Orleans, La.Contact: Pam BenderPhone: (202) 293-6440E-mail: aaheffrr@aahe.orgWeb: www.aahe.orgFeb. 13-17National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)25th Annual ConventionWashington, D.C.Contact: Wilma RoscoePhone: (301) 650-2440Web: www.nafeo.orgFeb 16-20Association for […]January 19, 2000HomeDebating Our HistoryDebating Our HistoryDebating the Civil Rights Movement authors Steph-en F. Lawson and Charles Payne have undertaken a formidable task — evaluating the relative impact and importance of national vs. local change agents on the lives and futures of 20th and 21st century African Americans as a result of the Civil Rights Movement from 1945 to […]January 19, 2000HealthProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Lisa M. Porche-Burke has been selected to become the new president of Phillips Graduate Institute in Encino, Calif. She comes to Phillips after having served as chancellor of the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. Porche-Burke earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Southern California and a master’s and […]January 19, 2000HBCUsLife, Liberty and TechnologyLife, Liberty and TechnologyI was browsing at a bookstore the other day when a young brother, an engineering graduate of an historically Black college, walked up behind me with a group of his friends, talking loudly about a book he was looking for. “I’ve got to learn this CAD thing, man,” he said to one […]January 19, 2000HomeRemember the Alamo (Documents)Remember the Alamo (Documents)University of Texas, Bexar County spar over Hispanic archivesAUSTIN, Texas — It’s not the battle of the Alamo. But one San Antonio official is waging a modern-day war of words in his efforts to retrieve historic Spanish and Mexican documents returned to San Antonio.At issue is a collection of priceless Hispanic documents […]January 19, 2000SportsThe James Brooks Illiteracy ScandalThe James Brooks Illiteracy ScandalAuburn University’s and the Cincinnati Bengals’ secret little ‘problem’ unveiled.CINcinnati, OHIO — The official statement given via Jack Brennan, public relations director for the Cincinnati Bengals, is: “James Brooks was able to function and perform in his football role while with the Bengals. No one was aware there was a problem.” […]January 5, 2000Leadership & PolicyThinking K-16Thinking K-16Once again, higher education and K-12 officials try to align standards.WASHINGTON — A group of 18 higher education leaders, most of whom are university system chancellors and presidents, joined with 10 state school superintendents last month to pledge that they will each do their part to ensure that all high school students are prepared […]January 5, 2000StudentsAs Different as Day and NightAs Different as Day and NightMissouri’s historically Black Lincoln University, now predominantly White, searches for a way to bring its two divergent populations together.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — There’s a saying here at Lincoln University: “White by day, Black by night.” A hilly, picturesque campus with 3,343 students enrolled this fall, Lincoln was founded by Black Civil […]January 5, 2000HomeScaling the Heights of Architectural AcademeScaling the Heights of Architectural AcademeCHICAGO — If you ask most architects to name the 20th century titans in their field, people like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Gehry will no doubt be on the list. The only people of color likely to be mentioned are I.M. Pei, […]January 5, 2000Previous PagePage 401 of 431Next Page
