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Section: Sports
Faculty & Staff
Harrison B. Wilson Getting Honorary Doctorate from University of Kentucky
Denied admission to the University of Kentucky almost 70 years ago because it wouldn’t accept Black students, Wilson went on to become a coach and later a university president.
May 8, 2014
Students
College Graduation: 4 Ways Things Have Changed
NEW YORK ― There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but graduating from college today is very different from a generation or so ago.
May 6, 2014
Students
Texas Tech Invites Rice as Commencement Speaker
Texas Tech University remained hopeful Tuesday that ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will accept one of three speaking offers for future graduation ceremonies.
May 6, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Schools Facing Title IX Investigation
May 1, 2014
Sports
Diverse Docket: Weatherford College Prevails in Discrimination Suit
A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas community college’s defense against discrimination and retaliation charges by the former chair of its Kinesiology Department.
April 30, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Sterling Controversy Shows Race to Be America’s Achilles Heel
Here we are in 2014 and race remains at the top of our social disorders list.
April 28, 2014
Sports
Dr. Ruth Simmons – President Emeritus, Brown University
In 2001, Simmons became the 18th president of Brown University, the first African-American to lead an Ivy League institution. She was president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, after serving as vice provost of Princeton University and provost of Spelman College. She has served in various administrative positions at the University of Southern California […]
April 28, 2014
Sports
NCAA Penalizes University of Idaho on Academic Standards
The NCAA has levied penalties, including a ban on postseason play next season, against the University of Idaho football team for failing to meet academic standards for the 2009 through 2012 seasons.
April 27, 2014
Sports
Donald Sterling’s Free Speech and Latest Ruling on Affirmative Action
To understand L.A. Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling is to understand the modern racist. It’s all about, “Do as I say, not what I do.”
April 27, 2014
Students
Dr. Yvonne Maddox – Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
As the deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, Maddox guides the NICHD’s organizations and programs, and advises the director on internal affairs of the Institute’s $1.3 billion budget. Maddox has received both the Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award and the […]
April 25, 2014
Students
Dr. Sharon Beverly – Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of New Jersey
Beverly is the assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation at The College of New Jersey. Previously, she was director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College. In 2010, Beverly was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Woman Administrator of the Year. A student -athlete on Queens College’s women’s […]
April 25, 2014
Sports
Grambling Students Vote for Athletics Fee
Grambling State University’s athletic programs will get a boost in the fall after students approved an athletics fee that will generate an additional $1 million annually.
April 24, 2014
Sports
Transfer Numbers Are Up for College Basketball
The number of transfers from one Division I school to another jumped from 259 to 325 from 2012-13 to 2013-14 alone.
April 24, 2014
Sports
TSU Men’s Golf Coach Catana Starks Goes From The Rough to the Big Screen
The inspirational story of Catana Starks, the first African-American woman to coach an NCAA Division I men’s golf team, makes it to the big screen in From the Rough.
April 24, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of North Carolina Reading Specialist Says She’s Resigning
The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says she’s resigning at the end of the semester.
April 22, 2014
Sports
Did Big Time Football Trump Justice at Florida State University?
Investigation shows Florida State University and Tallahassee cops botched case of rape suspect and Heisman winner Jameis Winston.
April 21, 2014
Students
UT Austin President Says $325K Payment was Properly Approved
AUSTIN, Texas—University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers said he was told that $325,000 in extra compensation he received while dean of the law school was properly authorized at the time even though a newspaper found no evidence that the chancellor ever signed off.
April 21, 2014
Sports
Iona College’s Billi Godsey Inspires Young Women On and Off the Court
Billi Godsey, Iona College’s head women’s basketball coach, is one of a relatively small but emerging group of young women of color becoming head coaches.
April 21, 2014
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