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Faculty & Staff
Faculty Union OKs Tentative Agreement With Youngstown State
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The faculty union at Youngstown State University in northeast Ohio says union members have approved a tentative agreement for a three-year contract that includes salary increases. The Vindicator reports that faculty members approved the tentative agreement with university administration on Monday. The agreement includes base salary increases, increases for minimum salaries, and […]
Students
Slur Found at Grace College Dorm Prompts Hate Crime Probe
WINONA LAKE, Ind. — A Christian college in northern Indiana says a racial slur found written outside a student’s dorm room is being investigated as a hate crime. Grace College & Seminary President Bill Katip says in a statement that the message found written on a chalkboard Monday left him “angry and heartbroken.” He says […]
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri Cancels Search for Staff Lobbyist
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System says it is no longer looking for a staff lobbyist to replace employees who were laid off three months ago. President Mun Choi said in a news release Tuesday that rather than hiring a lobbyist, he will work with campus chancellors and contract lobbyists to promote the […]
HBCUs
Indiana University Officials, Governor Announce $50M Opioid Recovery Effort
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents are more likely to die from a drug overdose than a car crash. That grim statistic was offered Tuesday by Indiana University officials who joined Gov. Eric Holcomb at the Statehouse to announce a new effort funded by $50 million in university money to fight opioid abuse. “If I could do […]
Students
Anti-gay Vandalism Found Outside Kansas State Student Union
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State officials say an anti-gay slur was found outside the university’s student union, the latest vandalism targeting diversity at the school. The Wichita Eagle reports that the slur was found Monday and removed that afternoon. The anti-gay vandalism occurred the same week someone vandalized a temporary dwelling erected outside a residential […]
Students
University of Vermont Enshrines Healthy Living in Bricks and Mortar
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Pledges by college students to eschew drugs and alcohol are old hat. Now they’re meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully, and at least one school, the University of Vermont, it has become a bona fide lifestyle. In UVM’s Wellness Environment, known as WE, students live in a new, big substance-free dorm, […]
Students
University of New Mexico’s Chicano Studies Eyes Grad Degrees
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico’s Chicana and Chicano Studies Department has submitted a proposal aimed at allowing the program to issue graduate degrees. Department chair Irene Vasquez announced last week that the program turned in a preliminary plan to expand the university’s program that focuses on Mexican-American history and literature. Chicana and […]
Faculty & Staff
College of Charleston Gets Nearly $2M for Professorship
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The College of Charleston is getting nearly $2 million for a new professorship. The former chief executive of cybersecurity contractor ISHPI of Mount Pleasant is giving the school $1.9 million for a new faculty position at the school. The school said in a news release that Noah T. Leask’s gift will pay […]
Students
Jewish Structure on Kansas State Campus Vandalized, Rebuilt
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a temporary dwelling erected outside a Kansas State University residential complex for the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sukkah was found late Friday wrapped around the car of graduate student Glen Buickerood, damaging the vehicle. Buickerood, who doesn’t identify as Jewish, […]
News Roundup
White Nationalists Impose Deadline For Approval On Ohio Campus Speeches
An attorney for associates of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer said Sunday he’ll sue Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati if they don’t agree by Friday to make campus space available for Spencer to speak. A Georgia college student, Cameron Padgett, contacted both universities last month about renting space in the latest effort […]
News Roundup
Rhode Island College Gets Grant for First Generation Students
Rhode Island College has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant to prepare students for graduate school who are the first in their families to earn a college degree. The state’s congressional delegation announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement grant will be distributed over five years […]
News Roundup
Greater Number of Students Leaving Illinois for College
SPRINGFIELD – The state of Illinois is among the states leading the nation in the number of college freshmen pursuing higher education in other states, according to a state agency. The State Journal-Register in Springfield reported the Illinois Board of Higher Education said between 2000 and 2014, the number of freshmen who left the state […]
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