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Native Americans
Ellis Island Adding Histories of Indians, Slaves
Ellis Island is expanding its story of U.S. immigration history, including for the first time Native Americans and African slaves and adding modern arrivals.
September 28, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New Study: Men’s Football, Basketball Programs Limit Other Men’s Sports, Not Title IX
Another men’s college wrestling program is discontinued and familiar accusations fly: it’s the fault of Title IX and money being spent on women’s sports. Time and again critics point to Title IX as the reason for cuts in men’s sports.
September 25, 2008
Latinx
Georgia Program Wins Honor
The Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Program (HOLA) at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) has been selected as a semifinalist for a national award from Excelencia in Education, the university announced.
September 23, 2008
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Latinx
Hispanic MBAs Name Award Winners
Florida International University and Loida Rosario of DePaul University were among recipients of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs’s 2008 Brillante Awards for Excellence announced on September 19.
September 23, 2008
Students
For Ole Miss, Presidential Debate Marks School’s Progress
Two generations ago, bullets flew and tear gas canisters exploded among the magnolias as segregationists fought federal authorities over the court-ordered admission of the first Black student to the University of Mississippi.
September 21, 2008
African-American
Forging Ahead in a Changing Landscape
I am passionate about three things: the news, diversity and education. A newspaper reporter by training, I was attracted to the profession by its public watchdog role.
September 17, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Getting to Know Dr. Ricardo Romo
When Dr. Ricardo Romo scouted photos that might pair well with his writings on urban Los Angeles, his search took him to an art gallery.
September 17, 2008
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Students
Expanding the Scope of Advanced Placement Classes
Hispanic educators launch an effort to create an AP Latin American History course.
September 17, 2008
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Asian American Pacific Islander
The Hybridization of Ethnic Studies
The intersection of Asian and Latin American studies has produced a burgeoning new field in transnational studies.
September 17, 2008
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Latinx
Diverse Calendar
Oct. 1-4 National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference “Taking Advising to New Heights” Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/ AnnualConf/2008 Oct. 1-5 Association for the Study of African American Life and History 93rd Annual ASALH Convention “Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism” Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Birmingham, Ala. Web: www.asalh.org/93rdconvention Oct. 9-11 National Society […]
September 17, 2008
Native Americans
Alaska and Washington Schools Win Grants
Grants to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Interior Aleutian campus and the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash., have been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
September 16, 2008
Native Americans
$5 Million Awarded to Tribal Colleges
Seven Native American colleges and universities will share $5 million to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.
September 16, 2008
Native Americans
MSU Billings Will Host Heritage Day
The histories, cultures and philosophies of American Indians will be celebrated on Sept 26 at Montana State University Billings, organizers announced.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
Report Calls for Presidential Commission on Latino Issues
The University of Denver (DU) Latino Center and Grupo Salinas’ Fundacion Azteca America, a non-profit affiliate of Azteca America Television Network, are calling for a U.S. presidential commission on Latino issues to increase access to educational, health, economic and civic opportunities.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
Le Cordon Bleu Miami Launches Culinary VIP Series
To support its Spanish-language program, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami (LCB Miami) is launching a Visiting Culinary VIP Series, which will bring leading industry restaurateurs, writers, chefs and consultants to the campus.
September 16, 2008
Latinx
JFKU Degree on Counseling Latinos Wins Approval
John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has received final approval of the first fully accredited counseling psychology program focusing on cultural competence training in mental health and counseling skills for serving the Latino/Hispanic community. Classes begin this fall.
September 16, 2008
Students
Hispanic Heritage Month 2008
On September 15, academic institutions and cultural groups nationwide embarked on a month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture.
September 16, 2008
LGBTQ+
Social Justice Group Opens Dialogue on GLBT Issues With Equality Ride
There are more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities that have explicit policies discriminatory toward GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) students, according to Soulforce Q. Since 2006, this young adult division of Soulforce, a social justice organization seeking to end political and religious oppression of GLBT people through nonviolent resistance, has staged Equality Ride.
September 16, 2008
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