Associated PressHomeAlice Walker To Place Literary Papers at Emory UniversityATLANTA Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker is placing her literary archive at Emory University’s library, university officials said this week.December 19, 2007HomeUConn Class Explores Legacy of Slave-Turned-MerchantSTORRS, Conn. It takes many kinds of narrators to tell the full story of slave-turned-merchant Venture Smith: historians and scientists to uncover the story, actors and poets to bring it to life, his many living descendants who recall the legends of their ancestor, and, of course, Smith himself, who dictated his autobiography.December 16, 2007StudentsBlackface Costumes at Parties Trigger Punishment at NorthwestMARYVILLE, Mo. Fraternity monitors at Northwest Missouri State University have punished two chapters whose members appeared at Halloween parties in blackface.December 15, 2007Community CollegesAmid Uproar Over Undocumented Students, Ralls Named N.C. Community College System PresidentRALEIGH, N.C. — The next president of North Carolina’s community college system said Thursday he will continue to focus energies on helping train the state’s work force to compete in a high-tech economy.December 15, 2007HomeFt. Valley State U. Makes Cuts to Grow Amid Challenges, ChangesFORT VALLEY, Ga. The long list academic programs shutting down at Fort Valley State University may seem like a death sentence for the public historically Black institution, but it’s actually part of the school’s plans for a revival. With a new president at the helm, Fort Valley has emerged from a $2.5 million budget deficit […]December 15, 2007InternationalTwo Students Found Dead At LSUBATON ROUGE, Louisiana Police increased patrols at Louisiana State University while they investigate the killings of two doctoral students from India, but the campus remained open Saturday, the last day of final exams. The decision to keep the campus open was in contrast to the responses at other colleges to reports of gunfire since the […]December 15, 2007Faculty & StaffSouthern State Community College Faculty Moves Towards StrikeHILLSBORO, Ohio — Faculty members at Southern State Community College have taken the first step toward a possible strike.December 15, 2007Faculty & StaffCSU Hiring Policy Inconsistent For Minorities, WomenSACRAMENTO Inconsistent hiring practices at the 23 California State University campuses have led to diversity among professors and executives in some departments but not others, a state audit found Tuesday. The CSU system has no way to gauge whether its professors and executives, or even the job candidates it attracts, reflect the available labor pool […]December 12, 2007HBCUsFisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up FrontNASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]December 12, 2007SportsUMES on Cuomo’s List in Revenue-sharing SchemePRINCESS ANNE Md. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s list of 63 colleges that participated in what he says was a deceptive revenue-sharing scheme with a student-loan marketing firm. Cuomo says Florida-based Student Financial Services paid universities and athletic departments for the right to use college mascots […]December 12, 2007Previous PagePage 338 of 569Next Page
