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A Tribute to Carter G. Woodson

A Tribute to Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950)By Dr. James L. Conyers Jr. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson is one of the most important but largely overlooked figures in American history. He challenged conventional wisdom, questioned authority and sought equity. As a result of Woodson’s scholarly contributions and activism, Negro History Week was established in 1926 and […]

February 12, 2003

Johnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s History

Johnson C. Smith Receives Largest Gift In School’s History CHARLOTTE, N.C.Johnson C. Smith University received more than $3.9 million last month from the Duke Endowment, a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke. The grant, which is provided annually for both general operating support and for special projects and programs, […]

February 12, 2003

Financial Aid Study to Focus On Graduate Students

Financial Aid Study to Focus On Graduate Students WASHINGTONThe National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and Access Group Inc. announced the launch of the 2003 Survey of Graduate Aid Policies, Practices and Procedures (SOGAPPP), a research project designed to provide new information on the funding, distribution and administration of financial aid for graduate […]

February 12, 2003

Students Disciplined in Mississippi Graffiti Incident

Students Disciplined in Mississippi Graffiti Incident OXFORD, Miss.Three University of Mississippi students have been placed on probation and ordered to perform community service and write research papers for their role in a racial graffiti incident in a campus residence hall last November (see Black Issues, Jan. 2). A University Judicial Council, made up of four […]

February 12, 2003

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Extends Reach To High School Students

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Extends Reach To High School Students NEW YORKThe Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF), an advocate for public Black colleges and universities, is extending its reach to high school students with a $4.9 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant, announced last month, will be used to develop […]

February 12, 2003

Julian Bond Helps Dedicate Auburn Diversity Center

Julian Bond Helps Dedicate Auburn Diversity Center AUBURN, Ala. An overflow crowd greeted Julian Bond last month at Auburn University in Alabama. Bond,a prominent civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP, was the featured speaker during the dedication of the university’s new Center for Diversity and Race Relations. Auburn found itself in the national […]

February 12, 2003

Sorority’s Gift to Howard Worth a Million Bucks

Sorority’s Gift to Howard Worth a Million Bucks WASHINGTONA visit to Howard University’s campus from members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. last month was worth a million bucks to the historically Black school in Washington, D.C. The national sorority presented university officials with a $1 million check during activities on the campus marking the […]

January 29, 2003

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available Positions

English, Foreign Language Job Seekers Face Major Decline in Available PositionsBy Kendra Hamilton There were probably plenty of long faces at the annual convention for professors of English and foreign languages last month, as new data indicated the current crop of job seekers would face the toughest job market since the recession of the early […]

January 15, 2003

New Study to Examine Effects Of Alternative Loans on Financial Aid Policy

New Study to Examine Effects Of Alternative Loans on Financial Aid Policy WASHINGTONThe Institute for Higher Education Policy, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and The Education Resources Institute (TERI) announced the launch of a research project that will examine the dramatic increase in privately funded, or alternative, student loans and the […]

January 15, 2003

What’s at Stake for UVa?

What’s at Stake for UVa?University president weighs in on the campus’s current racial climate and ongoing efforts to strengthen its multicultural milieu.By Kendra Hamilton The following Q&A session with the University of Virginia’s president, Dr. John T. Casteen, follows news reports that the venerable state school, which appeared to have forged a bright multicultural future […]

January 1, 2003

Survey Shows College Web Sites Emphasize Online Admissions

Survey Shows College Web Sites Emphasize Online Admissions IOWA CITY, IowaWhile the majority of colleges and universities provide admissions applications along with detailed admission and cost information on their Web sites, far fewer provide online financial aid and scholarship forms, specific information for parents, or online orientation programs, according to the 2002 National Enrollment Management […]

January 1, 2003

A Head for Business

A Head for Business Shawnta FridayTitle: Associate Professor, Management, Florida A&M University, School of Business and Industry, Tallahassee, Fla.Education: Ph.D., Management, Florida International University; Master of Business Administration (MBA), Florida A&M University; B.S., Business Administration, Florida A&M University Age: 35When Shawnta Friday was an undergraduate in the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M […]

January 1, 2003

Art Reflecting Life

Art Reflecting Life Michael Ray CharlesTitle: Associate Professor of Art, University of Texas at AustinEducation: Masters of Fine Arts, University of Houston; B.A., Advertising Design, McNeese State UniversityAge: 35“Spike denies it,” says Michael Ray Charles when asked if his 1997 painting “Bamboozled” inspired Spike Lee’s film of the same name, but the artist isn’t sure […]

January 1, 2003

UVa to Examine Its Segregated Past

UVa to Examine Its Segregated Past CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.University of Virginia officials say it is time for incoming students to learn about their school’s segregated past and how to be sensitive to classmates of all backgrounds. Administration officials say they became aware of the need to do something more about race on campus after students came […]

January 1, 2003

First Black Fraternity Chartered At University of Wyoming

First Black Fraternity Chartered At University of Wyoming LARAMIE, Wyo.The first historically Black fraternity at the University of Wyoming has received its charter after originally organizing on campus five years ago. Phi Beta Sigma now has seven active undergraduate members and four graduate student members, according to Clarence Neasman, president of the chapter and a […]

January 1, 2003

Black Students Accused In Racist Graffiti Incident

Black Students Accused In Racist Graffiti Incident OXFORD, Miss.Three Black students at the University of Mississippi could face expulsion for scribbling racist and obscene graffiti on dormitory doors of other Black students, officials say. A fourth Black student also is being investigated in connection with the Nov. 6 incident at Kincannon Hall, according to the […]

January 1, 2003

Howard Celebrates Another Rhodes Scholar

Howard Celebrates Another Rhodes Scholar WASHINGTONClassics major and political science minor Marianna Ofosu has given Howard University the distinction of producing two Rhodes Scholars in just four years. Carla Joy Peterman received the award in 1999. That same year, Ofosu began her career at Howard as a National Achievement Scholar. Thirty-two American college students were […]

January 1, 2003

The Republican Sweep And Higher Education

The Republican Sweep And Higher Education By Julianne Malveaux A full month after the November debacle, political pundits are still deconstructing the Democrat’s embarrassing loss at the polls. While the Republican “sweep” could hardly be called a mandate (some Senate races were decided by fractions of a percentage point), the outcome is that the Republicans […]

December 18, 2002