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News Roundup: Page 162
Community Colleges
Texas College of the Mainland Builds New Facility
The College of the Mainland in Texas City, a public, two-year community college, is opening a new facility for general education and dual-credit courses in League City, Texas. The 27,570 square foot building will replace the school’s existing campus in League City, which offers programs in nursing; security; massage therapy; and trades such as mechanical […]
Students
American University Launches Full Scholarship Program for D.C. Resident Students
American University (AU) set aside $3 million to create full scholarships for Washington D.C. based high school students. For the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students were recipients of the AU District Scholars Award. The scholarship covers full tuition as well as room and board at AU for those students who need financial aid and have […]
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Harriet B. Nembhard Named Dean of College of Engineering at University of Iowa
Dr. Harriet B. Nembhard has been appointed dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering. Currently head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, Nembhard will oversee six different departments, $50 million in annual research expenditure, 2,400 students and 250 faculty while at UI. Nembhard holds a bachelor’s […]
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Funeral Scheduled on Saturday for Former Gary Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher
Richard Gordon Hatcher, the first Black mayor of Gary, Indiana, died Dec. 13 at the age of 86. There will be a public visitation at the Genesis Convention Center Friday and funeral services will take place Saturday, December 21, 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune. Hatcher served as mayor for 20 years, beginning in 1967, […]
News Roundup
Tuskegee University to Offer Master’s in General Psychology
Tuskegee University’s Department of Psychology and Sociology will offer a new master’s degree in general psychology beginning in fall 2020. According to university officials, the degree “blends biological and social bases for applied behavior analysis with the fascinating process of human development, the history and impact psychology has had on today’s culture, and the role […]
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University of Cincinnati to Remove Slave Owner’s Name From its College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Cincinnati (UC) board of trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the school’s association with the name of slave owner Charles McMicken, reported The Cincinnati Enquirer. Upon dying in 1858, McMicken donated his land to the city of Cincinnati, requesting that a college be built “for the education of White boys and girls” on […]
News Roundup
Dr. F. King Alexander Named Next President of Oregon State University
Dr. F. King Alexander has been unanimously appointed Oregon State University’s (OSU) next president by the school’s board of trustees. Most recently the president and chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU), Alexander has past presidential experience at Murray State University in Kentucky and California State University Long Beach where he was twice awarded “CSU president […]
African-American
Rice University Announces First African American Provost
Rice University recently promoted its dean of engineering, Dr. Reginald DesRoches, to the position of provost. DesRoches will be the university’s first African-American provost, a historic moment for the Texas campus, which didn’t enroll Black undergraduates until 1965, the Houston Chronicle reported. As dean, DesRoches opened the Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge, which gives […]
News Roundup
Former Death Row Inmate Graduates College
After being exonerated of murder, Ryan Matthews worked to earn his college degree. In 1997, Matthews and a friend were accused of killing a grocery store owner in an attempted robbery. The suspected getaway car shared a similar color as his friends but had a different body style. However, police pulled them over and brought […]
News Roundup
Foundation Pulls $1.5 Million Following UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ Settlement
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation withdrew its anticipated $1.5 million grant to the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in direct response to the school’s decision to allocate $2.5 million to the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans for the upkeep of a Confederate memorial. The grant, according to the foundation’s director of communications, […]
Tenure
Harvard University Students Host Sit-In, Demand Ethnic Studies Department
Around 50 Harvard University students hosted a sit-in last week demanding the establishment of an ethnic studies department on campus. The students occupied Harvard’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid shortly after the school’s early action admissions decisions were released. The students argued that the university needed to increase its commitment to diversity beyond race-conscious […]
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Judith Brown Clarke Named Chief Diversity Officer at Stony Brook University
Dr. Judith Brown Clarke has been appointed chief diversity officer at Stony Brook University, where she will serve on the university’s council and work to promote a culture of equity and inclusion. Clarke is currently serving as diversity director of the Bio-Computational Evolution in Action Consortium Science and Technology Center at Michigan State University. In […]
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