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Brad Newman Appointed President at Shelton State Community College

Brad Newman will be the next president of Shelton State Community College, the Tuscaloosa Patch reported. Newman – plant manager at ZF Chassis Systems and chairman for West Alabama Works – has 28 years of leadership and management experience, according to Shelton State officials. Newman is a founding member of the German Business Council, a […]

Higher Education Organizations Call On Biden Administration to Include Colleges in Refugee Sponsorship Programs

On Tuesday, 52 higher education institutions and organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Norris Cochran, calling on the Biden administration to embrace colleges and universities as a part of expanding sponsorship programs for refugees. The letter – initiated by the Niskanen Center, Every […]

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Virtual Conference to Focus on Race in Education

The Summit School Symposium Series and America & MOORE, LLC. are hosting a two-day virtual conference on race and gender in U.S. education on May 7 and 8, 2021. The conference titled, “The Summit on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Building a Community of Cultural and Racial Competence,” will start the evening of May 7. The […]

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ESA Foundation Partnership Aims to Increase the Number of Females in the Technology Field

With the goal of diversifying the technology workforce, the ESA Foundation has collaborated with Black Girls Code (BGC) as part of a multi-year investment. BGC, an organization that offers workshops and after-school programs to underrepresented communities, plans to train one million women on coding and other technology skills by 2040, ESA reported. Under the $1 […]

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U.S. Naval Community College Launches Online Courses for Naval Core Certificate

The United States Naval Community College (USNCC) has launched an online course, giving continuing education and training to Navy enlisted personnel. The course, “Naval Leadership,” is the first of five online offerings for the school’s Naval Core Certificate, which focuses on naval heritage, history, ethics, and other subjects related to naval sciences. USNCC is working […]

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Dr. Cynthia Anthony Named President of Lawson State Community College

Dr. Cynthia Anthony will be president of Lawson State Community College (LSCC), effective April 1, CBS 42 reported. She has been the school’s interim president since September 2020. In the past, she was interim vice chancellor for student success for the Alabama Community College System and executive vice president and dean of students at LSCC. Anthony holds […]

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Town of Amherst Seeks to Give Black Residents Reparations

Amherst, a college town in Massachusetts is looking to provide reparations to African Americans, making the town one of many communities and organizations in that pursuit, Associated Press reported. Actions began in Amherst with a Summer 2020 petition initiated by two White people, leading to a town council approving a resolution to help Black residents […]

Rutgers University to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Rutgers University is divesting from fossil fuel investments. This comes after a recommendation from a committee of faculty, students and staff to address student group Endowment Justice Collective’s divestment request. This move will mean that Rutgers will stop any new fossil fuel investments, divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments in a year, […]

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S. Brian Jones Named Pace University’s First Assistant Dean for Diversity and Equity in the Arts

Award-winning artist, educator and social justice advocate S. Brian Jones has been named Pace University’s first assistant dean for diversity and equity in the arts at the Dyson College of Arts and Science. In this role, Jones will be supervising the Pace Storytelling for Equity and Inclusion Fellowship. The job position is funded by The […]

Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens Named Central Michigan University’s Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens will be the next vice president and chief diversity officer at Central Michigan University, effective June 1, Central Michigan Life reported. Currently, she is associate vice chancellor of student affairs and director of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has also held leadership […]

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Three University of South Alabama Professors Put on Leave After Racist Pictures Emerge

Three tenured professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a 2014 campus event surfaced, CNN reported. South Alabama students started a petition –garnering more than 3,000 signatures – that call for their firing. The three faculty are Bob Wood, Alex […]

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12-Year-Old High IQ Prodigy Accepted to Georgia Tech

Caleb Anderson, 12, has been accepted to his dream school, the Georgia Institute of Technology, People magazine reported. “Caleb Anderson was just 3 when became the youngest Black American male to qualify for MENSA,” Georgia Tech Tweeted. “Now 12, Caleb has been officially accepted to Georgia Tech and will join us on campus this fall […]

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