StaffHBCUsGrants & AwardsDuke University (N.C.) has received a $200,000 donation from J. Kevin Kenny Jr., to help endow the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. Kenny, an alumnus of the university, is chair of the partnership’s national advisory board. The partnership aims to connect Duke with nonprofit organizations and residents in the communities surrounding the campus. New Mexico State University’s […]November 29, 2006HomeOprah Headlines Bennett Fund-raising EventOprah Winfrey spoke at a sold-out benefit gala on Oct. 20 for Bennett College…November 15, 2006HomeGrants & AwardsThe California Institute of Technology has received a $250,000 grant from the California State Treasury Department to support a free tutoring program for Pasadena County high-schoolers. The three-year Reaffirming and Increasing Scholastic Endeavors (RISE) Programm provides intensive math and science tutoring for 10th- and 11th-graders in the public school system. Colorado State University campuses in […]November 15, 2006HomeProfessional AppointmentJoseph Garcia has been appointed president of Colorado State University-Pueblo. He was previously president of Pikes Peak Community College. Garcia earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colorado-Boulder and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Dr. Clarence E. Ates has been appointed executive vice president of student learning at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. He […]November 15, 2006African-AmericanLittle Known Facts About the Education Of Colin PowellA 1917 law required Powell’s father to pass a literacy test to enter the United States from Jamaica…November 1, 2006HomeCelebrating 125 Years of University WomenSeventeen women founded the American Association of University Women in 1881 because their enrollment…November 1, 2006Leadership & PolicyProfessional AppointmentsDr. Charles M. Lyons has been named president of York County Community College (Maine). He was most recently president of the University of Maine at Augusta. Lyons holds a bachelor’s from St. Francis Xavier University, a master’s from the University of Hartford and a doctorate from Boston University. Carol Lynnett Bennett has been appointed director […]November 1, 2006LatinxGrants & AwardsCheyney University and Lincoln University, both historically Black institutions in Pennsylvania, have each received $500,000 grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to promote minority student interest in science and technology careers. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has provided a three-year grant of just under $1.4 million to Florida Atlantic University, Florida […]November 1, 2006HomeBeating the Diversity DrumCorporate executive and former Princeton University trustee Mellody Hobson is an example of someone having their…October 25, 2006StudentsFacing Off On Political DiversityDoes the quest for diversity extend to the politics of the faculty? Earlier this year…October 18, 2006Previous PagePage 6 of 46Next Page
