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Year 2000: A Retrospective

Year 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]

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Events

EventsJANUARY 2001Jan. 4-7Linguistic Society of America75th Annual ConferenceGrand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Phone: (202) 835-1714Fax: (202) 835-1717E-mail: Lsa@lsadc.orgWeb: www.lsadc.orgJan. 4-72001 President InstituteMarco Island Marriott Resort& Golf ClubMarco Island, Fla.Contact: Steve PelletierPhone: (202) 466-7230Fax: (202) 466-7283E-mail: cic@cic.nche.eduWeb: www.cic.edu/conferencesJan. 6-92001 NCAA Annual ConventionWalt Disney Swan and Dolphin Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Contact: Crystal ReimerPhone: (317) 917-6222,Ext. 6436Fax: (317) 917-6983E-mail: creimer@ncaa.orgWeb: […]

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Leon Wright Bey has been promoted to dean of the school of liberal arts and education at Virginia State University in Petersburg. Bey has been an employee of Virginia State for 22 years, serving most recently as chair of the health, physical education and recreation department. Bey received a bachelor’s at VSU; a […]

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Florida Board of Regents Selects Orlando for New FAMU Law School Site

Florida Board of Regents Selects Orlando for New FAMU Law School SiteTALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida Board of Regents selected Orlando as the site for Florida A&M University’s new College of Law last month, endorsing the recommendation of FAMU president, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, and chancellor, Dr. Adam Herbert, to locate the college there.“I believe that […]

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Shalala Named President of University of Miami

Shalala Named President of University of MiamiCoral Gables, Fla.Dr. Donna E. Shalala, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration, will become the fifth president of the University of Miami next June, it was announced late last month.Shalala, 59, who has overseen health and welfare policy for the government […]

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Howard University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder Ellison

Howard University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Oracle CEO and Founder EllisonWASHINGTON Just months after pledging a $2 million gift of 4,000 network computers and printers to be installed in Howard University’s 12 undergraduate dormitories, Larry J. Ellison, CEO and founder of the Oracle Corp., was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Washington, D.C.-based university.Howard […]

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HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their Campuses

HBCUs Strategize on Ways to Close Digital Divide on Their CampusesSlow adoption of technology by faculty seen as barrierATLANTA With Black colleges positioning their institutions to tackle the digital divide, officials with Tennessee State University and Clark Atlanta University highlighted an array of issues and strategies aimed at reducing the information technology gap between the […]

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UGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-Swapping

UGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-SwappingATHENS, Ga. University of Georgia officials want to know how often students are using Napster and other Web sites that allow people to exchange music over the Internet. Campus technology officials expect the school’s Internet traffic to double this year, and they plan to ask the Board […]

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Students Hold March in Response to Racist Threats

Students Hold March in Response to Racist ThreatsSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. A group of Penn State students held what they termed a “solidarity walk” last month in response to recent threatening letters sent to Black students. The event, organized by the Penn State Coalition of Students, followed a rally held earlier last month that drew about […]

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Using Power to Solve the Diversity Dilemma

Using Power to Solve the Diversity DilemmaI n Dorothy Winbush Riley’s 1995 edition of My Soul Looks Back, ‘Less I forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color, the Iroquois are credited with having this to say about power:“Power means authority, the authority of law and custom, backed by such force as necessary to […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsLee Hampton is the new executive director of corporate and foundation development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Previously Hampton was the vice chancellor for university advancement at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Hampton earned a bachelor’s in English from Dillard University and a master’s in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. […]

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Universities Refuse to Block Napster Access

Universities Refuse to Block Napster AccessMADISON, Wis. Officials at nearly a dozen universities across the country say they won’t block students from using the embattled online music-sharing software Napster, despite a demand from a lawyer for two musicians. Howard King, attorney for Dr. Dre and Metallica, sent letters to several university officials last month demanding […]

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