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Leadership & Policy

MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH

MOJDEH MEHDIZADEH has been named president of Contra Costa College. She was interim president of Contra Costa. Mehdizadeh earned a bachelor’s from San Francisco State University and a master’s from California State University, East Bay.

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ALONDA WILLIAMS

ALONDA WILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing, community relations and enrollment management marketing at Bellevue College. She was senior director of education marketing at Microsoft. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Montclair State University and an MBA from Rutgers University.

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RAJEEV PARIKH

RAJEEV PARIKH has been named executive vice president for academic affairs at American International College. He was dean of the Walker College of Business and Management at Mercyhurst University. Parikh received a bachelor’s and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

KARI ALLDREDGE

KARI ALLDREDGE has been named associate provost for enrollment management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was interim associate provost for enrollment management. Alldredge earned a bachelor’s from the University of Idaho and a master’s from Seton Hall University.

Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs

“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]

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University Mistakenly Sends 5,000 Students Acceptance Emails

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 5,000 prospective students have mistakenly been notified by email that they’ve been accepted into an upstate New York university. University at Buffalo spokesman John DellaContrada says the mistaken email was sent Wednesday to students whose applications hadn’t been fully reviewed. He says the university sent a second email about three […]

Leadership & Policy

President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address

President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]

Penn State Survey Finds Sexual Misconduct is Common

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A survey of sexual misconduct at Penn State’s main campus found that more than three-quarters of undergraduate women have experienced offensive or harassing behavior from other students, university officials announced Wednesday. The Penn State Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey was completed in fall 2015 by nearly 3,000 of the campus’ approximately 40,000 […]

FAMU Ranked No. 1 HBCU in Essence/Money Magazine Report

Essence and Money magazines on Tuesday ranked Florida A&M University the top HBCU in the country and listed it No. 5 among all national universities and colleges in their list of “50 Best Colleges for African-Americans.” Through their collaboration, the magazines analyzed more than 1,500 colleges to select the ones offering the best value for […]

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Children Donate $250K to Tennessee State in Parents’ Honor

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The children of a couple who met at Tennessee State University in the 1930s have donated $250,000 to the schools in their parents’ honor. University officials say it is among the five largest donations from a family in the university’s history. The university said Damon Lee III and Kimberly Lee-Lamb made the […]

Need for Research that Centers on Female Experiences at HBCUs

Historical accounts of HBCUs often exclude the stories of Black women at these institutions and the history of women’s access to higher ed focuses mainly on experiences and struggles of White women.

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Faculty & Staff

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

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