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News Roundup: Page 91
African-American
Two New Orleans HBCU Presidents Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
NBC News reported that two presidents of historically Black colleges and universities, Drs. Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University and Dr. C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana, “stunned their campuses when they announced in a joint message that they had participated in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 and then encouraged students to do […]
News Roundup
Dr. William Danforth, Former Chancellor of Wash U, Dies at 94
Dr. William H. Danforth, 94, died Wednesday at his home in Ladue, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Danforth, at age 44, took on a 24-year career in higher education. He served as chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 to 1995, overseeing “an elevenfold increase in the university’s enrollment.” During his tenure, […]
African-American
Parneshia Jones Named Director of Northwestern University Press
Parneshia Jones, editor of the Northwestern University Press (NUP) for the last two decades, has been named its new director, Dean of the Libraries Sarah M. Pritchard announced in a Northwestern University press release. “She is the ideal leader both to build on NUP’s traditional strengths and to continue the advances that the Press has […]
International
ETS Creates New Investment Unit to Grow Business
Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit educational assessment and measurement organization, announced the formation of ETS Strategic Capital, a new unit focused on growing the business “through strategic equity investments, growth partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions,” according to an ETS press release. ETS Strategic Capital “is actively seeking transactions to establish a global portfolio of […]
Sports
Big Ten Will Have Eight-Game Fall Football Season
The Big Ten will have an eight-game football season starting the weekend of Oct. 24, USA Today reported. The decision was made by the Big Ten’s presidents Wednesday morning amidst public pressure, undoing their decision in August to postpone the fall schedule. The Big Ten presidents cited new medical information to conclude that they could […]
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Shenandoah University Names First Assistant Provost for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity
Shenandoah University has named Dr. Hakeem Leonard, associate professor of music therapy, as its first assistant provost for inclusion, diversity, and equity, according to officials at Shenandoah University. According to university leaders, Leonard will lead the implementation of teaching practices that are “anti-oppressive and that integrate more histories and stories from those who have had […]
African-American
Kamala Harris Promises Free College Tuition for Low-Income Students
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris promised Thursday that if she and Joe Biden are elected in November, they would make college free for low-income students, Black Enterprise reported. Harris made the promise during a discussion at Florida Memorial University, saying students whose family makes less than $125,000 a year will get free tuition. […]
African-American
UNCF Will Host Virtual Walk Fundraiser to Support HBCUs
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF ) will be hosting a digital fundraiser this Saturday to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their students, according to a UNCF press release. The UNCF National Virtual Walk for Education – set for 2 p.m. EDT/1p.m. CDT/11 a.m. PDT on Sept. 19 – “will engage participants […]
Campus Climate
Krug’s Publisher Says Book Proceeds Will Go to Fund for Black and Latinx Scholars
The publisher of Dr. Jessica Krug – the White academic who revealed she had pretended to be Black for years – says all proceeds from Krug’s book, Fugitive Modernities will go to a fund supporting Black and Latinx scholars, The Guardian reported. Krug – a White Jewish woman from Kansas and former professor focusing on […]
News Roundup
Missing Alabama State University Student Found Dead
Missing Alabama State University student Adam Dowdell Jr. has been found dead, al.com reported. About 2:45 p.m. Monday, police responded after receiving a report of a possible body found. The body was moved to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy and was officially identified as Dowdell, said Montgomery police Capt. Saba Coleman. […]
News Roundup
Columbia University Marching Band Votes to Disband Amid Misconduct Allegations
The Columbia University Marching Band has voted to disband on Saturday evening after 116 years of performing, making controversial jokes, and disputing with Columbia’s administration and students, The Columbia Spectator reported. Efforts to disband the marching band began when former and current members penned a letter to the club’s leadership, calling for the club’s dissolution […]
News Roundup
Loyola University New Orleans Hires New VP of Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Kedrick Perry has been hired as the new vice president of equity and inclusion today at Loyola University in New Orleans. He will report directly to university President Tania Tetlow and lead diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at Loyola. “I recognize the groundswell of support that my office has in the Loyola community and […]
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