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Third Louisiana Institution Offers Full Ride to Spelling Champion Zaila Avant-garde

Southern University has become the third Louisiana academic institution to offer a full-ride scholarship to Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year-old Louisiana native who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, reports The Advocate. “We at SU celebrate you, Zaila!” wrote Ray L. Belton, Southern’s president-chancellor, on Twitter. “You a PHENOMENAL representation of our great state […]

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University of Delaware to Uncover Past Connections to Slavery and Racism

The University of Delaware, whose history dates back to 1743, will begin exploring its past connections to slavery and racism, reports WHYY. Since UD joined the Universities Studying Slavery consortium, a team of 21 students has been working to uncover past injustices tied to the school, such as when “Black students who wanted to come […]

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UVA Removes ‘Racist’ Conqueror of The Northwest Statue From Campus

The University of Virginia’s statue of Revolutionary War figure George Rogers Clark was removed from its campus, following the City of Charlottesville’s removal of two Confederate statues and one of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea, reports the university’s student newspaper The Cavelier Daily. Erected in 1921, “the statue depicts Clark on horseback with a crew behind […]

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Dr. Anthony B. Johnson Appointed Provost at Morris Brown College

Dr. Anthony B. Johnson has been appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta that is looking to regain its accreditation. Johnson is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Institutes for Historically Underserved Students. He most recently served as the interim […]

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Mills College Alumni Sue School, Claims Blindsided by News of Closure or Merger

Mills College alumni are suing the school, alleging they were blindsided by the institution’s recent news to shutdown or merge with Northeastern University, SF Gate reported. The June 7 complaint claims Mills withheld information from alumni on the board of trustees, “thereby stifling [the] Plaintiffs’ ability to fulfill their fiduciary duties to Mills.” The alumni are […]

Student Loan Service FedLoan Will Not Renew Federal Contract

Student loan servicer The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)— also known as FedLoan — will not renew its contract with the federal government when it expires in December, The New York Times reported. FedLoan oversees loans of 8.5 million student borrowers. It is one of the companies the Education Department pays to manage the […]

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Tulane Graduate Medical Programs Put on Probation, Partly Due to Diversity Concerns

Tulane University School of Medicine’s graduate medical education programs were put on probation last week, partly due to diversity and inclusion concerns, WDSU reported. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) notified the school Jul. 2, according to a letter Tulane medical school Dean Dr. Lee Hamm sent to faculty and students. The change […]

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Former University of Rhode Island Professor Sues School, Alleges Retaliation for Diversity Advocacy

Former University of Rhode Island (URI) professor Dr. Louis Kwame Fosu is suing the school for firing him for challenging the school leadership’s lack of diversity, The Providence Journal reported. Fosu – political science professor – was fired in May. He is now suing URI, its board of trustees, outgoing president Dr. David Dooley, former […]

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Kent State University Renames Department of Pan-African Studies

Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies will be renamed the Department of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Fall 2021, Kent Wired reported. Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, associate professor in the department of Pan-African studies said the curriculum will stay the same. “The material being taught in the department of Africana […]

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The American Indian College Fund Takes On Computer Science

Native Americans are historically underrepresented in the field of computer science, but a grant to four Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) from the American Indian College Fund looks to reverse that trend with the TCU Computer Science Initiative. “Computer science is foundational to so many aspects of life today. Everything from information technology, to entertainment, […]

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Dr. Kauline Cipriani Appointed Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Colorado State University

Dr. Kauline Cipriani has been appointed vice president of diversity and inclusion at Colorado State University (CSU), effective Aug. 1, the Coloradoan reported. Additionally, Cipriani will hold a faculty position in the ethnic studies department. Past roles Cipriani has held include serving as associate dean for inclusive excellence at the Gillings School of Global Public […]

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Actor Denzel Washington Continues Philanthropic Support to Wiley College

Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is continuing his legacy of philanthropy to Wiley College, a historically Black college in Marshall, Texas. This is the 15th year in a row that the actor has made a gift to the school, donating $100,000 to Wiley’s forensics program this month. “Supporting the next generation of brilliant minds in […]

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