Associated PressLeadership & PolicyOhio State University president Gordon Gee officially takes overCOLUMBUS Ohio The Ohio State University’s rehired president Gordon Gee officially took over Monday, telling well-wishers who greeted him with a surprise celebration that it was the first day of his dream of returning to the university.October 1, 2007HBCUsOklahoma University student volunteers for Iraq dutyNORMAN Okla. University of Oklahoma student Jeff Gray knew he had a choice to make when he heard last month that his National Guard brigade had been called up for duty in Iraq.October 1, 2007HomeIranian university dean invites Bush to address professors, studentsTEHRAN Iran The dean of a northeastern Iranian university has invited U.S. President George W. Bush to address professors and students and answer their questions on human rights, terrorism and the Holocaust, state television reported Monday.October 1, 2007HomeBring it on: University of Montana students increase class loadsMISSOULA Mont. University of Montana enrollment is down compared to last year, but students are taking more class credits than before, and officials say that may increase the rate at which students graduate within four years of university entrance.October 1, 2007StudentsFrom yoga to opera, fraternities cultivating a new imageCOLUMBIA Mo. The basement of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of Missouri-Columbia is filled with familiar fraternity icons, from its well-worn pool table to the stacks of “Kill Bill,” “Gladiator,” and other super-violent movies on DVD. The smell of stale beer is unmistakable.October 1, 2007HomeWVU plans for weeklong ‘homecoming’ of new presidentCHARLESTON W.Va. West Virginia University is thinking big $100,000 big as it prepares to formally mark Mike Garrison’s journey from graduate to 22nd president this month.October 1, 2007Community CollegesEnrollment grows at Carroll Community CollegeWESTMINSTER Md. Carroll Community College officials say full-time enrollment has jumped more than 12 percent this fall and part-time enrollment grew nearly three percent.October 1, 2007Leadership & PolicyShelton State finance chief placed on leave pending probeTUSCALOOSA Ala. The head of Shelton State Community College’s finance office was placed on paid leave Monday pending a probe of financial operations by the office, school officials said.October 1, 2007HomeColleges Offer Career Help to AlumniDozens of colleges and universities have begun offering career-counseling services not just to recent graduates but to thousands of alumni, including some former students who completed their degrees a decade ago or longer.October 1, 2007SportsSupreme Court won’t hear Dorrance sexual harassment lawsuitRALEIGH N.C. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition Monday to hear arguments in the sexual harassment case against the women’s soccer coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, knocking down the final legal barrier to a jury trial.October 1, 2007Previous PagePage 387 of 569Next Page
