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Section: Institutions
Students
Georgia University Using Grant to Support Migrant Education
DAHLONEGA, Ga. ― The University of North Georgia is planning to use millions of dollars in grant funding to help expand educational opportunities for the children of migrant and seasonal workers.
July 16, 2015
Leadership & Policy
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Stakeholders Question Changes to FAMU-FSU Joint College of Engineering NAACP to March From Selma to Washington, D.C. ED Enforces Complaint System for Colleges and Universities Higher Ed Diversity Officers Bound for Cuba
July 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Experts: Get College Financial Aid Info Out Early
More students from low-income families might enroll in college if they got information about student financial aid while they were still in middle school, a new report contends.
July 16, 2015
HBCUs
Lawyer Moves to Add SC State as Defendant in Higher Ed Suit
An attorney who has sued alleging that the state of South Carolina still operates a segregated system of higher education wants a federal court to add South Carolina State University as a defendant in the case.
July 14, 2015
Students
Purdue University Eliminates Chief Diversity Officer Role
A provost at Purdue University will take over the school’s diversity efforts after the school eliminated its chief diversity officer position.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Feds Investigate Hiring Practices at Police Department in Kentucky
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating hiring practices at the Bowling Green Police Department.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University Helps Florida Veterans Find Livelihood in Farming
Mat Santos stands at the edge of seven acres of land, the field of his future, pondering what to plant, grow and harvest, and sell.
July 14, 2015
HBCUs
Contract Under Fire Over ASU Professor Accused of Plagiarism
A Phoenix councilman wants the city to nix a $268,000 contract with Arizona State University history professor Matthew Whitaker, who has been accused of plagiarism twice in four years.
July 13, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
ANDRE FORTUNE
ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fortune earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
LEAH BORNSTEIN
LEAH BORNSTEIN has been named president of Aims Community College in Colorado, effective August 1. She was president of Coconino Community College in Arizona. Bornstein earned an associate and bachelor’s from Bradford College in Massachusetts, a master’s from the University of Vermont and a doctorate from the University of Denver.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL
SHEILA RADFORD-HILL has been named chief diversity officer of Dominican University in Illinois. Radford-Hill was executive director of the Diversity Center at Luther College in Iowa. She earned a bachelor’s from DePaul University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Columbia Commonwealth University.
July 13, 2015
Community Colleges
COREY L. MCCRAY
COREY L. MCCRAY has been named vice president for workforce solutions at Tidewater Community College. He directed The Pruden Center for Industry & Technology in Suffolk, Virginia. McCray holds a bachelor’s from Southern Illinois University and a master’s from Cambridge College.
July 13, 2015
African-American
RICARDO JACQUEZ
RICARDO JACQUEZ has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management at California State University, Chico, effective August 1. He is currently dean of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Jacquez earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from New Mexico State, and a doctorate from Virginia Tech.
July 13, 2015
Faculty & Staff
ANDREA LEWIS MILLER
ANDREA LEWIS MILLER has been appointed president of Lemoyne-Owen College in Tennessee, effective September 1. She was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Lemoyne-Owen, and a master’s and a doctorate from Atlanta University.
July 13, 2015
Community Colleges
SHAH HASAN
SHAH HASAN has been named provost and executive vice president of Virginia International University. He was provost and a professor of management at Urbana University. Hasan earned a bachelor’s from The College of Wooster, a master’s from The Ohio State University, an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and a doctorate from Ohio University.
July 13, 2015
African-American
Claflin Named HBCU of the Year
Claflin University took home HBCU of the year at the AARP HBCU Awards presented by Hampton University July 10.
July 12, 2015
Faculty & Staff
NAACP Growing Youth Numbers
Despite criticism that the NAACP has not done enough to bring more youth into the organization, the NAACP has seen its youth numbers increase in the wake of the recent deaths of unarmed Black men.
July 12, 2015
HBCUs
Grambling President: We Must Give Students Reason to Stay
GRAMBLING, La. ― Willie Larkin, newly named president of Grambling State University, said he is listening to the Grambling faithful and he hears them saying one thing: “We want our university to be great again.”
July 9, 2015
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