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Faculty & Staff

Fort Valley State Students Back Ousted Swanier in Bid to Save Job

A group of current and former Fort Valley State students are rallying behind a popular tenured associate professor who was notified earlier this year that her position is being eliminated due to efforts to cut costs at the financially strapped public Black university.

Students

Ole Miss Removes Mississippi Flag with Confederate Emblem

The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag with its Confederate battle emblem from its place of honor on campus Monday morning after students and faculty called it a divisive symbol that undermines efforts to promote diversity, tolerance and respect.

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard

Andres Fuentes has joined Diverse as Director of Advertising. Fluent in Spanish and English, he has more than 20 years of experience in administrative positions in various industries, from automotive to media. In his spare time, Fuentes is a drummer for a rock band and an airplane pilot. He has three children.

Asian American Pacific Islander

College Access Remains Major Hurdle for Hispanics, AAPIs in California

While the number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Hispanics continues to steadily increase throughout California, these groups still do not have equal access to the state’s colleges and universities.

Students

ELREO CAMPBELL

ELREO CAMPBELL has been appointed an associate dean and director of financial aid at Colby College. He was dean of student financial services at Newbury College. Campbell earned an associate from the Community College of Philadelphia, a bachelor’s from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Faculty & Staff

EDWARD CHIU

EDWARD CHIU has been named senior vice president for advancement at Babson College. He was vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Chiu earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Connecticut.

Community Colleges

Franklin & Marshall Latest to Rescind Cosby Honorary Degree

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania college has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby.

Community Colleges

DANIELLE LARAQUE-ARENA

DANIELLE LARAQUE-ARENA has been named president of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, effective January 14. She is chair of the department of pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and a professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Laraque-Arena holds a bachelor’s and an M.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Faculty & Staff

SONIA NAJJAR

SONIA NAJJAR has been named associate dean for research and innovation in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University. She was director of the Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research and a professor at the University of Toledo. Najjar earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from San Francisco State University, and a doctorate from Stanford University.

Leadership & Policy

TAMARA RODENBERG

TAMARA RODENBERG has been named president of Bethany College in West Virginia, effective January 1. She is vice president for advancement for the Divinity School at Texas Christian University. Rodenberg earned a bachelor’s from Texas Christian University, a master’s from Lexington Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in California.

Faculty & Staff

Cal State Faculty to Vote on Major Strike Over Contract

SAN FRANCISCO — Faculty members at the California State University’s 23 campuses are voting online and in person on whether to permit their labor union to call a strike over stalled salary negotiations.

Students

Community College Offers Transgender Student Housing Program

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Western Community College is offering a pilot housing program that aims to help transgender students feel more comfortable.

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