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Hendrix College Receives $15 Million From Windgate Foundation, Extends Fundraising Campaign to 2023

Hendrix College has received $15 million from the Windgate Foundation, exceeding its $110 million campaign goal a year early, according to a Hendrix press release. The campaign has received $129 million, with $114 million in gifts and pledges. The campaign’s end date has been pushed back from 2021 to 2023, with a new goal of […]

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Dr. W. Franklin Evans Named First Black President of West Liberty State University

Dr. W. Franklin Evans will become the first Black president in West Liberty State University’s 183-year history, effective Jan. 1, the Herald-Star reported. Evans – who will be West Liberty’s 37th president – is currently president of Voorhees College and was previously interim president of South Carolina State University. During his tenure, SCSU’s enrollment broke […]

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Late English Professor Gifts University $350,000 for Student Scholarship Endowment

Linda Hill, an English professor at Claflin University who died April 2019, has left $350,000 to the school, CNN reported. Hill taught at the South Carolina university for 46 years. Her gift – the largest ever from any current or former Clafin staff – for a student scholarship fund. Clafin will also name its writing […]

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U Michigan Settles For $9.25 Million With Sexual Harassment Survivors of Former Provost

The University of Michigan has settled lawsuits for $9.25 million with eight sexual harassment survivors of former Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Martin Philbert, USA Today reported. The settlement did not name Philbert and the victims – eight women – can still file a lawsuit against him. Throughout his whole UM career, Philbert “had […]

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Clarion University President Appointed Interim President of Edinboro University

Clarion University President Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson has been appointed interim president of Edinboro University starting next year, The Meadville Tribune reported. She has been president of Clarion since July 1, 2018. She will continue in the role, dividing her time between the two schools. Current Edinboro President Dr. Guiyou Huang is resigning due to his […]

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Bank of America Giving Morgan State University $1 Million to Address Student of Color Skill Gap

Bank of America is giving Morgan State University $1 million to help students of color get education and training required for the workforce, Baltimore Business Journal reported. The partnership is part of a $25 million commitment the bank is making to improve the teaching of workplace skills for Black and Hispanic people. “The work of […]

COVID-19

President-Elect Joe Biden Considering Dr. James E.K. Hildreth for The Coronavirus Taskforce

President-elect Joe Biden has made the raging COVID-19 pandemic a priority for his incoming administration, naming a list of prominent scientists, researchers, scholars and government health leaders to a new coronavirus taskforce. Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, an infectious disease expert and president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College, may also play a role in shaping the nation’s coronavirus response in the new administration.

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UC Berkeley Removes Two Names of Residence Halls Connected to Racism From Campus

The University of California Berkeley has removed two names from some of its campus halls, given their connection to slavery and racism, reported Mercury News. Old LeConte Hall and New LeConte Hall, as well as Barrows Hall, will now be temporarily known as Physics South, Physics North and the Social Sciences Building, respectively. According to […]

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Virginia Wesleyan Dean Resigns After Posting Heated Comments to Facebook

A Virginia Wesleyan University dean, who is also a professor, has resigned after calling Biden supporters “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian” on his personal Facebook page, reported The Washington Post. Paul Ewell, dean of Wesleyan’s global campus and a tenured professor of management, business, and economics, wrote that Biden voters have “corrupted the election,” “corrupted our […]

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Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger Expand Free Meal Program to 100 U.S. Campuses

Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending student hunger, are expanding their Meal Swipe Bank program to 100 U.S. campuses by the end of 2021. The expansion of the program comes after a successful pilot that ran last spring, in which 15,500 meals were served to 1,100 students across 12 campuses. […]

Native Americans

U.S. House Approves Bill to Give Lumbee Tribe Federal Recognition

The U.S. House has approved the Lumbee Recognition Act, a bill to give the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition, WBTW reported. The bill will now go to the Senate after House approval for the bill came Monday afternoon. The Lumbee Recognition Act “would give Lumbee Tribe members access to services and benefits provided […]

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New Joint Initiative Founded to Support HBCU Students in STEM Fields

The American Chemistry Council, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Chemours Company and HBCU Week Foundation announced Tuesday a joint-equity, diversity and inclusion initiative to help underrepresented groups succeed in the chemical industry. The Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) will give opportunities for companies and other parties to fund and create scholarships, internships and […]

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