StaffLeadership & PolicyBenedict College Offers Admission to 15 Students from UNCF SchoolsBenedict College has offered admission to 15 students from Xavier and Dillard University, college President David H. Swinton announced.September 7, 2005StudentsMorehouse College to Accept 30 Students from Xavier, Dillard UniversitiesMorehouse College announced plans to aid students displaced by the devastation in the Gulf region caused by Hurricane Katrina.September 7, 2005LatinxEventsSEPTEMBER Sept. 16-17 National Black MBA Association 27th Annual Conference and Exposition “Leading With Passion, Purpose and Power” Ernest N. Morial Convention CenterNew OrleansWeb: www.nbmbaa.org/annual_conference.cfm Sept. 16-17Hip Hop Journalism Summit Black Press All-Star Awards and Onsite Media ClinicChicagoWeb: www.hiphopjournalists.com Sept. 18-21Council for Opportunity in Education 24th Annual Conference“Higher Education Act of 1965 & The Federal […]September 7, 2005StudentsGrants & AwardsDuke University (N.C.) received more than $1.3 million from the estate of business leader Leo Brody to establish a scholarship fund for students from the Carolinas, with preference to those from eastern North Carolina. The gift will be matched by The Duke Endowment of Charlotte at a rate of $1 for every $2 given, bringing […]September 7, 2005StudentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Rodney D. Bennett has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of Georgia. He had been serving in the position on an interim basis for nearly a year. Bennett earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Middle Tennessee State University and a doctorate from Tennessee State University. Dorcia L. Medina is the […]September 7, 2005STEMBusiness Groups Push to Increase STEM GraduatesDescribing our “scientific and technical capacity” as one that’s “beginning to atrophy even as other nations are developingSeptember 7, 2005SportsCBS Sportsline Offers College Football Fantasy GameOnline sports media entity CBS SportsLine.com has developed an Internet-based college fantasy football gameSeptember 7, 2005STEMReport: More Effort From NSF Needed For Science and Engineering DiversityIn a newly released report, “Broadening the Participation in America’s Science and Engineering Workforce,”September 7, 2005HomeThe Labor ProgramStudents receive a grant of $2,800 plus an hourly wage for their participation in the Labor Program.September 7, 2005HomeU.S. Census: Texas is Nation’s Newest ‘Majority-Minority’ StateTexas has now joined Hawaii, New Mexico and California as a “majority-minority” state, along with the District of ColumbiaSeptember 7, 2005Previous PagePage 40 of 46Next Page
