Associated PressFaculty & StaffCollege of Charleston Gets Nearly $2M for ProfessorshipCHARLESTON, S.C. — The College of Charleston is getting nearly $2 million for a new professorship. The former chief executive of cybersecurity contractor ISHPI of Mount Pleasant is giving the school $1.9 million for a new faculty position at the school. The school said in a news release that Noah T. Leask’s gift will pay […]October 9, 2017StudentsJewish Structure on Kansas State Campus Vandalized, RebuiltMANHATTAN, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a temporary dwelling erected outside a Kansas State University residential complex for the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sukkah was found late Friday wrapped around the car of graduate student Glen Buickerood, damaging the vehicle. Buickerood, who doesn’t identify as Jewish, […]October 9, 2017News RoundupWhite Nationalists Impose Deadline For Approval On Ohio Campus SpeechesAn attorney for associates of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer said Sunday he’ll sue Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati if they don’t agree by Friday to make campus space available for Spencer to speak. A Georgia college student, Cameron Padgett, contacted both universities last month about renting space in the latest effort […]October 8, 2017News RoundupRhode Island College Gets Grant for First Generation StudentsRhode Island College has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant to prepare students for graduate school who are the first in their families to earn a college degree. The state’s congressional delegation announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement grant will be distributed over five years […]October 8, 2017News RoundupGreater Number of Students Leaving Illinois for CollegeSPRINGFIELD – The state of Illinois is among the states leading the nation in the number of college freshmen pursuing higher education in other states, according to a state agency. The State Journal-Register in Springfield reported the Illinois Board of Higher Education said between 2000 and 2014, the number of freshmen who left the state […]October 8, 2017StudentsChelsea Manning Meets Off Campus With Harvard StudentsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Chelsea Manning has met off campus with several Harvard University student groups after the school reversed its decision to name her a visiting fellow. Manning tweeted a picture on Wednesday and said she met with the Trans Task Force, the LGBT caucus and other groups and students from the university’s Kennedy School […]October 5, 2017HomeUniversity of Hawaii Gets Donation That Could Equal $7BHONOLULU — University of Hawaii alumnus and real estate investor Jay Shidler has donated a collection of mainland commercial properties to his alma mater’s business school, which could earn the university $7 billion throughout the next century. The 71-year-old’s donation is the largest University of Hawaii has received in its 110-year history. Shidler, who the […]October 5, 2017StudentsSMU: Suspended Frat Made New Members Eat Until SickDALLAS — Southern Methodist University has suspended a fraternity accused of forcing new members to eat hot peppers and red onions and drink milk until they threw up. The Dallas Morning News reports that the Dallas school and the national office of the Kappa Alpha Order have suspended the fraternity’s Beta Lambda chapter. The suspension […]October 5, 2017StudentsFormer University of Oklahoma Student Sues FraternityNORMAN, Okla. — A former University of Oklahoma student has filed a lawsuit alleging he was beaten during a fraternity’s 2015 initiation. Blake Novacek is suing the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and others over an incident he alleges happened after pledges were called to the fraternity’s house in Norman on Oct. 11, 2015. Novacek says […]October 5, 2017StudentsTexas University Head Wants to Stop Donald Trump Jr. SpeechDALLAS — The president of a Texas university wrote in an email to a professor that he is trying to prevent Donald Trump Jr. from giving a speech later this month at an event arranged by major donors to the school. University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk wrote in August that he was “trying […]October 5, 2017Previous PagePage 53 of 569Next Page