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All Purdue U Students Have to Show a Negative COVID-19 Test Before Returning to Campus

Purdue University, one of the first to say it will reopen its campus for fall, said on Wednesday that every student has to submit a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus, the school’s president Mitch Daniels told CNBC. All students “will have to submit a negative test prior to moving into a residence hall […]

Minnesota College Athletic Conference Cancels All Fall Junior College Contact Sports

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference, which consists of 24 two-year colleges located in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, has decided to cancel all junior college contact sports for the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference said its decision is in line with the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and […]

University of Chicago Removes Campus Tributes to Stephen Douglas

The University of Chicago has removed two campus tributes to Stephen Douglas, a former U.S. senator from Illinois who owned slaves under his wife’s name, reported the Chicago Sun-Times. “Douglas does not deserve to be honored on our campus” because he “profited from his wife’s ownership of a Mississippi plantation where Black people were enslaved,” […]

Robert J. Zimmer

Elon U Removes Name of a Former Leader Associated With a Lynching

Elon University has removed the name of a former university president associated with a lynching from a hall on campus after a petition demanding its removal gained more than 5,000 signatures, said an Elon News Network report. The university has taken off William Harper’s name from the Harper Residence Hall. The report provided a link […]

U of Redlands Reinstates Coach Who Made ‘Distressing’ Comment on George Floyd Protests

The University of Redlands has reinstated a football coach who was put on leave last month after a social media post about the George Floyd protests which the institution’s athletic director Jeff Martinez said “has been causing distress in our community,” reported Redlands Daily Facts. Mike Maynard, the university’s head football coach, was brought back […]

After Name Change, Princeton’s Public Affairs School Adds Diversity Course Requirement

A little over a week after Princeton removed Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public affairs school, it has decided to add a diversity course requirement for its Master in Public Affairs program at the school, reported The Daily Princetonian. In an email sent to students, administrators said the new requirement mandates that the program’s students […]

Black Footballer Who Left ‘Racially Insensitive’ Liberty U Joins HBCU

Tayvion Land, a Black footballer who decided to transfer out of Liberty University saying its leadership is racially insensitive, has decided to join Norfolk State University, a historically Black institution. “Thanks to all the colleges and coaches that were interested in accepting me into their school,” tweeted Land. “My choice is to be surrounded by […]

Incoming Black Footballer Decommits From U of Cincinnati to Join an HBCU

Daniel Ingram, a Black footballer who was set to join the University of Cincinnati, has decided to decommit from the institution and instead join the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution. “I Am Now Decommitted From The University Of Cincinnati And Committed To The University Of Arkansas Pine Bluff,” Ingram tweeted. […]

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Marshall University to Remove Name of Confederate General From Building

Marshall University’s board on Tuesday unanimously voted to remove the name of a Confederate general from a building on its Huntington campus. Jenkins Hall, which was named after Confederate Albert Gallatin Jenkins, will be called the Education Building for the time being. A petition to remove Jenkins’ name has been signed by close to 4,000 […]

Jerome A. Gilbert

Faculty & Staff

Princeton U Faculty: Acknowledge That Racism Thrives on Campus

More than 200 Princeton University faculty members have sent a letter to the institution’s leadership asking it to acknowledge “the way that anti-Black racism, and racism of any stripe, continue to thrive on its campus.” In a July 4 letter to university president Christopher Eisgruber and other leaders, the faculty members said racism is visible […]

Belhaven U Renames Hall That Petition Says Is Named After a Segregationist

Mississippi’s Belhaven University, a private Christian institution, has changed the name of a hall that a petition said was named after a segregationist. The university didn’t give a reason for the name change. Guy T. Gillespie Hall was named after a former president of Belhaven. It will now be called Lakeview Hall. Additionally, a gathering […]

Rutgers’ First Black President Announces the Institution Will Keep Its Name Despite Slavery Connection

Rutgers University’s first Black president, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, announced that he doesn’t plan to change the university’s name, which commemorates slave owner and Revolutionary War veteran Henry Rutgers, NJ.com reported. “The reason we’re not going to change the name is that names have value that exceed someone’s existence,” Holloway said at his first press conference […]

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