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$5 Million from NASA Supports Increasing Retention of Women in STEM

NASA will be giving over $5 million to seven women’s colleges and universities for research and development of strategies to increase retention of women in STEM programs and careers.

Agnes Scott College was among seven schools awarded funds from NASA to help improve the national gender gap and experiences of women in STEM.

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Morgan State to Become First HBCU Marching Band in International D-Day Normandy Parade

Morgan State University’s marching band, the Magnificent Marching Machine, will be the first from a HBCU to participate in the international D-Day Normandy Parade.

Morgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine plans to fundraise to cover costs associated with the band’s appearance in the international D-Day Normandy Parade in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2024.

Native Americans

Mendocino College Reaches Highest Percentage of Native American Students Among California Community Colleges

Mendocino College has achieved the highest percentage of Native American students among all California Community Colleges.

Mendocino College hosts the Native Learning Symposium, a speaker series with local tribe representatives, Native American experts, elders, and educators to teach about the tribes in the Mendocino-Lake Community College District.

The Human Rights Campaign Receives $5 Million Grant to Continue Fight Against HIV and Stigmas

LGBTQ+ civil rights organization The Human Rights Campaign will expand its work to combat HIV and its surrounding societal effects using a $5 million grant from biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Kelley Robinson

Faculty & Staff

Former Student Sues Hocking College, Alleges Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, and Assault

Hocking College is facing a lawsuit from a former student with Down syndrome who is alleging disability discrimination, retaliation, and assault.

Hocking College

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Northwestern University to Rename African American Studies Department

Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies.

Northwestern University

Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color

Education leaders and researchers discussed ways to recruit and retain Black males to the teaching profession.

Sharif El-Mekki

Native Americans

Clatsop Community College Grants Free Tuition to Chinook Indian Nation Tribal Members

Clatsop Community College will become the first higher education institution within the traditional homelands of the Chinook Indian Nation to grant free tuition to tribal members.

Clatsop Community College

Norwich University Commends One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen with Honorary Doctorate

Norwich University recently honored Brigadier Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Brig. Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse, Jr.

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Vermont Law and Graduate School Launches First Nations Scholarship

Vermont Law and Graduate School has launched a scholarship to support the Indigenous people of Vermont.

Vermont Law And Graduate School

Texas Legislators Consider Bills Limiting Freedoms of Trans Youth

Texas lawmakers are considering multiple bills limiting the freedoms of transgender youth this session.

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Four Pennsylvania Men Charged after Harassing and Assaulting Black Lehigh University Student

Four Pennsylvania men have been charged after a Black Lehigh University student was allegedly called a racial slur, chased to his dorm, and assaulted.

Lehigh University

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