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Sports
Ex-Florida State Star Myron Rolle Ready to Begin Med School Residency
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Myron Rolle has accomplished many things on and off the field. His biggest ones, though, might still be coming up. Rolle’s dream of becoming a doctor came to fruition on May 20 when he graduated from Florida State’s College of Medicine. The former All-American safety and Rhodes Scholar has not had much […]
Faculty & Staff
N.J. College: Professor Fired for Racially Insensitive Remarks
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]
Sports
Brienne Minor: Michigan’s Tennis Hidden Figure
Brienne Minor is a tennis player at the University of Michigan where she recently won the NCAA Division I women’s singles championship. By the way, she is Black.
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will vote Friday on Choi’s recommendation. A university staff memo sent to the curators says sexual assault allegations against Cosby are “incompatible” with the […]
African-American
Essex County College Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Appearance
NEWARK, N.J. — An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when she arrived to teach a class at Essex County College. Durden, who is Black, had appeared two days earlier on “Tucker […]
Leadership & Policy
Ruth Simmons Named Prairie View Interim President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the first African-American woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. The 71-year-old Simmons, who also was president at Massachusetts’ Smith College, the nation’s largest women’s university, and served in executive positions at […]
Leadership & Policy
Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List
Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Leadership & Policy
Jerryl Briggs to Run Mississippi Valley State University for Now
JACKSON, Miss. — Chief Operating Officer Jerryl Briggs will become acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. The state College Board named him Thursday to take over on July 1 from William Bynum Jr., who will become president of Jackson State University. Board spokeswoman Caron Blanton says Briggs will be acting president until trustees begin […]
African-American
Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2017-2018.
Students
Cleveland State Names Bynum Director of Black Studies
Noted civil rights expert scholar Dr. Thomas Bynum has been named director of the Black Studies Program at Cleveland State University. “I am very pleased to join Cleveland State and look forward to working with its talented students, faculty and staff, as well as leaders throughout the community, to advance the tremendous efforts already being […]
African-American
Bill Maher Controversy Needs to be Kept in Perspective
While we need to continue to have debates on the n-word and other topics that affect our community, it is important that we not get sidetracked from crucial economic, legal, social and issues that directly impact us on a daily basis.
Students
Bias Suit Against Community College of Philadelphia Tossed
A federal judge has thrown out a race and gender discrimination suit against the Community College of Philadelphia by an African-American filmmaker who wasn’t hired for a full-time position in the English Department.
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