News Roundup: Page 27

Wilberforce University Forgives $375,000 in Student Debt and Fines 2020 and 2021 Graduates

Wilberforce University announced during spring graduation that it is clearing $375,000 in debt and fines owed by graduates from spring 2020 through those who graduated on Saturday, Dayton Daily News reported. The commencement ceremony was for the classes of 2020 and 2021 and 166 students graduated. “As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, […]

Wilberforce University

Leadership & Policy

Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young Named Sole Finalist for Texas Southern University Presidency

Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young has been named sole finalist to become the next president of Texas Southern University (TSU). A confirmation vote by the TSU Board of Regents will take place at the next board meeting on June 17. Crumpton-Young has been provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at […]

Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young

Morehouse College to Receive $1 Million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to Support Journalism and Sports-Related Studies

Morehouse College will receive $1 million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand, as part of the Black Community Commitment. The money will help fund scholarships, tech and educational programming for students in journalism and sports-related fields of study. The Black Community Commitment is an initiative by Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to fight against systemic […]

African-American

UNC Tenure Request for “1619 Project” Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Resubmitted

UNC Trustees said the request to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones has been resubmitted by the faculty committee that considers tenure. The resubmission comes amid criticism of the trustees’ refusal to grant Hannah-Jones tenure in UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. “Intentionally or not,” the chancellor’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward co-chairs […]

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Leadership & Policy

Dr. Hugh Sherman Appointed President of Ohio University

Dr. Hugh Sherman has been appointed president of Ohio University for a two-year term. Sherman was dean of the College of Business, stepping down in January of this year. From 2007 to 2021, he was dean of Ohio University’s College of Business and Corlett Chair of Strategy and Senior Economic Policy Fellow in the Voinovich […]

Dr. Hugh Sherman

Dr. Gene Andrew Jarrett to Become Princeton University Faculty Dean and William S. Tod Professor of English

Dr. Gene Andrew Jarrett will become Princeton University’s dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, effective Aug. 1. Jarrett – author, editor and educator – is the Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science (CAS) and Professor of English at New York University. Before arriving at NYU, […]

Dr. Gene Andrew Jarrett

COVID-vaccinated Purdue University Students Get Chance to Win Prize Equal to One Year of In-State Tuition

Purdue University students who prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have the chance to have their in-state undergrad tuition covered for a year. From all the students who document their full vaccination, 10 students will be randomly selected to receive $9,992, the annual undergrad tuition cost for a Purdue in-state student. All undergrad, […]

Purdue University

Faculty & Staff

Wesley College Faculty Sue School, Claims Delaware State University Acquisition Breaches Tenured Faculty Contracts

A group of Wesley College faculty are suing the school and trying to stop its transfer to Delaware State University (DSU), claiming that the acquisition breaches tenured faculty contracts, Delaware Online reported. 14 faculty are plaintiffs in the suit filed last Tuesday, but they are proposing the court consider it a class-action suit representing Wesley’s […]

Dr. John Johnson Appointed Whitman College Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. John Johnson has been appointed vice president for diversity and inclusion at Whitman College, effective this summer. Johnson was director of inclusive excellence learning at California State University, Sacramento. Johnson was also the inaugural coordinator of the African American Center for Academic Excellence at Humboldt State University. Johnson holds a master’s degree in educational […]

Dr. John Johnson

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam Named Ohio State University’s First Woman of Color Provost

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam has been named executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, effective August 1. She will be the first woman of color to serve in this role. Gilliam is currently vice provost and the Ellen H. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and professor of obstetrics and gynecology […]

Dr. Melissa Gilliam

African-American

Report: COVID-19 Pandemic Worsened Access Issues for Minority and Low-Income Youth

The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened equity and access issues for Black and Latino youth and those from low-income backgrounds, according to a new report from The Education Trust, ZERO TO THREE and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. The report also calls for state policymakers to leverage American Rescue Plan funding to close equity gaps […]

The Education Trust

African-American

Howard University Names College of Fine Arts After Late Actor and Howard Alum Chadwick Boseman

Howard University announced this week that it has named its reestablished College of Fine Arts after the late actor Chadwick Boseman, a Howard alum, NPR reported. Boseman was the school’s commencement speaker in 2018. He suffered from colon cancer and died last August at the age of 43. In a statement Wednesday, Boseman’s family said: […]

Chadwick Boseman

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