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Sports
While Some Sports Remain in Limbo, FBS Football is in Play and D-I Basketball Revs up for Action
The 2019-20 intercollegiate athletics season ended abruptly when student-athletes were sent home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and coaches were left wondering what would happen to their programs. Even though schools eventually decided to either cancel fall sports or postpone them until the spring, student-athletes were still welcomed back to campuses so they could resume organized training this fall.
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Colleges and Universities Plan for Fall Commencement Amid COVID-19
As the semester winds down, colleges and universities across the country are making plans for fall commencement ceremonies. However, as COVID-19 cases reach over 200,000 a day in the United States, many institutions are choosing to either cancel their ceremonies or host them remotely.
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Northwestern Hosts International University Presidents’ Summit on Intergenerational Justice
This week, Northwestern University hosted the U7+ Alliance of World Universities Presidential Summit, bringing together 100 academic leaders from 48 different universities spanning 17 countries. The three-day virtual gathering, which ends on Wednesday, focused on the theme of intergenerational justice, making policy decisions in dialogue with the next generation.
Students
New Initiative Looks to Reduce Student Debt at Select HBCUs
The Student Freedom Initiative has announced a partnership with nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities that will provide an alternative to high-cost college loans in an effort to help students navigate their way through the college.
HBCUs
Jackson State University Names Interim President to Permanent Post
Thomas K. Hudson, who had been filling in as interim president of Jackson State University, has been named the school’s permanent president.
Students
Patient Professors Introduced Dr. Kellie Ann Jurado to Science, Now She’s Paying It Forward
Dr. Kellie Ann Jurado’s exposure to scientists was minimal growing up. When she thought about the field of science, only the image of “White, crazy-haired rocket scientists” came to mind.
Sports
Meet Jennifer Lynne Williams, Director of Athletics, Alabama State University
Women in Sports Leadership: Q&A with Jennifer Lynne Williams, the director of athletics at Alabama State University.
Leadership & Policy
Report Examines Competencies Needed to Succeed in Workforce
A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) pinpoints the five most in-demand competencies across the labor market. Those work skills include communication, teamwork, sales, customer service, leadership, problem-solving and complex thinking, all of which can yield higher earnings.
Women
The PhD Project Panel Focuses on Building the Pipeline
The PhD Project — a non-profit organization working to increase the diversity of business school faculty since 1994 — held its annual conference virtually and hosted its second annual talk titled “Wonder Women Diversity Discussion” to strategize about how best to build the talent pipeline in diversity for unrepresented students pursuing business degrees and Ph.D.’s.
HBCUs
Panel Explores Accreditation and Role of HBCUs During COVID-19 Crisis
Higher education leaders convened virtually Nov. 19 to discuss the role of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and accreditation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prairie View A&M University’s Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center (MACH-III) hosted the webinar.
COVID-19
President-Elect Joe Biden Considering Dr. James E.K. Hildreth for The Coronavirus Taskforce
President-elect Joe Biden has made the raging COVID-19 pandemic a priority for his incoming administration, naming a list of prominent scientists, researchers, scholars and government health leaders to a new coronavirus taskforce. Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, an infectious disease expert and president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College, may also play a role in shaping the nation’s coronavirus response in the new administration.
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St. Mary’s to Host Virtual Dedication for Its Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland
With plans to build a stadium on campus, state law and regulations first required St. Mary’s College of Maryland to undergo an archaeological dig of the land. During the summer of 2016, alongside staff and students, Dr. Julia King, professor of anthropology at St. Mary’s, surveyed the area and found evidence of slave quarters. Now, RE: site, a design firm, has been chosen to build the “Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland.”
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