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Section: Institutions
Faculty & Staff
2 University of Iowa Student Groups Say They Have Lost Faith in Regents
University of Iowa students are joining the faculty in issuing votes of no-confidence in the school’s governing board, days after the hiring of a president with little campus support or higher education experience.
September 9, 2015
Community Colleges
Obama Wants Public Groundswell for Free Community College
Unable to have his way with Congress, President Barack Obama reached back to his roots as a community organizer and sought Wednesday to spark a national movement in support of his idea for free community college.
September 9, 2015
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Relevancy? A Glance at U.S. Demographics Provides Answer
Not a week goes by where those of us in the HBCU community are confronted with the question of the continued relevancy of HBCUs.
September 9, 2015
African-American
Yale Begins ‘Conversation’ on Calhoun College Name
Yale University officials have launched a campus conversation on whether to rename a residential college named for 19th century alumnus John C. Calhoun, a leading ideologue of American slavery.
September 9, 2015
Students
JOAN T.A. GABEL
JOAN T.A. GABEL has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina. She was Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. Dean at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. Gabel earned a bachelor’s from Haverford College and a juris doctor from the University of Georgia.
September 9, 2015
Students
MARION GILLIS-OLION
MARION GILLIS-OLION has been named dean of the School of Education at Fayetteville State University (FSU). She was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, SACS liaison, and director of self-study at FSU. Gillis-Olion earned a bachelor’s from Kean University (formerly Newark State College), and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
September 9, 2015
Leadership & Policy
LESTER ARNOLD
LESTER ARNOLD has been named associate vice chancellor for human resources at Winston-Salem State University. He most recently served as senior vice president of human resources for FOCUS Brands Inc. Arnold earned a bachelor’s from Norfolk State University and an MBA from the University of Hartford.
September 9, 2015
Students
MANNY ROMERO
MANNY ROMERO has been appointed executive director of public affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Most recently, he was director of public relations at Baruch College. Romero earned an associate from Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona, a bachelor’s from Northern Arizona University and a master’s from Arizona State University.
September 9, 2015
Students
MARCUS A. WHITEHURST
MARCUS A. WHITEHURST has been named vice provost for educational equity at Pennsylvania State University. He was interim vice provost for educational equity at Penn State. Whitehurst holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Binghamton University, State University of New York, and a master’s and a doctorate from Penn State.
September 9, 2015
Students
Couple Donates $20M to Notre Dame to Aid Low-income Students
A New Jersey couple has donated $20 million to the University of Notre Dame to help low-income students pay tuition and other expenses.
September 8, 2015
African-American
Lomax Continues to Focus on Lifelong Mission
Over the past several years, UNCF President and CEOÂ Michael Lomax has continued to propel the philanthropic organization to new heights.
September 8, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Some Purdue Students Oppose Name Change for Tech College
Purdue University senior Austin Haberly doesn’t want Purdue Polytechnic Institute on his degree.
September 7, 2015
Students
Delaware State Sets Example for Diversity
Diversity, one of Delaware State university’s core values, is prominently celebrated throughout the campus.
September 7, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Soccer Players Suspended for a Match after Blackface Incident
Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after a social media post surfaced showing them dressed in blackface and afro wigs.
September 3, 2015
Leadership & Policy
University of Illinois Names Interim Provost
The University of Illinois has named an interim provost to take over after the resignation of the No. 2 official on the Urbana-Champaign campus.
September 3, 2015
Students
Students Ask Education Department to Discharge College Debt
Almost 12,000 students are asking the federal government to discharge their college loan debt, asserting that their school either closed or lied to them about job prospects, according to government data released Thursday.
September 3, 2015
Community Colleges
Michigan State Engineering Tops 1,000 Female Students
The Michigan State University College of Engineering has more than 1,000 female undergraduate students for the first time as administrators try to recruit more women to the field.
September 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Rejuvenated ASALH Gearing Up for Centennial Commemoration
More than 1,500 participants will travel to Atlanta later this month to commemorate the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s centennial during a four-day annual meeting and conference.
September 2, 2015
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