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FAMU Campus Organizations Suspended From Taking in New Members
Florida A & M University, in the aftermath of the recent death of a FAMU band member after a hazing incident, issued a sweeping ban Tuesday on campus club intake for the remainder of the school year.
January 31, 2012
James Ammons
African-American
Black Students Seeking Action on Racial Climate at Duke
A group of Black students at Duke University are continuing their push to force college administrators to improve the racial climate on campus.
January 31, 2012
Nana Asante
African-American
Tennessee Seeks Appeal to Reverse Fisk Art Sale Approval
The Tennessee Attorney General on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to hear his arguments against two lower state courts’ decisions allowing Fisk University to sell part ownership in its treasured Stieglitz Collection
January 31, 2012
African-American
Emerging Scholars: Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams
The eighth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Frances Williams, who is an associate professor in the Engineering and Center for Materials Research Department at Norfolk State University.
January 30, 2012
Dr. Frances Williams
African-American
Conference: Troubled Youth Need New Intervention Strategies
Issues facing troubled youth have become so severe that new and bold paradigms are needed to address them, presenters at Jackson State University’s Mississippi Child Welfare Institute conference told social work practitioners last week.
January 29, 2012
Dr. Terry Morris
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Southern Louisiana University Receives $4.9M in TRIO Program Grants
Educational Talent Search programs for Tangipahoa and Washington parishes were awarded $3.04 million to cover operations through August 2016; the Educational Opportunity Center at SLU received a $1.87 million grant through 2016.
December 12, 2011
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African-American
FAMU President James Ammons Rebuked by School Trustees
In the latest of a series of moves days before the school’s winter break, a sharply divided Florida A & M University (FAMU) board of trustees has “agreed to publicly reprimand” FAMU President James Ammons over his “response” to the recent death of a school band drum major after a suspected hazing incident.
December 9, 2011
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Sports
Former Marshall University Player Recounts Impact of Plane Crash Tragedy in New Book
When Craig Greenlee went home from Marshall University to Jacksonville, Fla., for Thanksgiving break in 1970, some people thought they had seen a ghost. The hometown folks knew he had gone to MU to play football, so they assumed that he was on the plane that crashed barely two weeks before, killing 75 people, including 37 of his former teammates.
December 8, 2011
African-American
Accreditation Decision Deals Fisk University New Setback
Fisk University, struggling financially, lost more ground Tuesday when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Fisk on probation, a signal the agency is still worried about the school’s viability.
December 7, 2011
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Hampton University’s Proton Therapy Institute Uses Cutting-edge Cancer Therapy
The two-story, 98,000-square-foot facility is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and a professional staff of oncologists, nuclear physicists and engineers—some distinguished veterans and some ambitious rookies.
December 7, 2011
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Students
FAMU Student Government Association Plans Forum and Vote on a Campus Pledge To Ban Hazing From Student Organizations
Clubs and organizations failing to have representation at the forum will be sanctioned, according to SGA President Breyon Love.
December 4, 2011
African-American
Commentary: Reframing the FAMU Tragedy
It’s been disappointing how Florida A&M University and the national news media have handled the death of FAMU marching band member Robert Champion, a Washington-based communications expert and strategist writes.
December 1, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Dismisses 4 Students Connected to Band Member’s Death
Florida A&M University said that it’s dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month.
December 1, 2011
Students
Inspire Scholarships Help Boost Delaware State’s In-State Enrollment
This school year, Delaware State’s in-state freshman student enrollment is up 43 percent to 433 from 302, the first significant enrollment turnaround in six years, school officials say.
December 1, 2011
Students
Southern University System’s Online Program To Expand
Southern System President Ronald Mason Jr. said the project — gotosouthernuniversityonline.com — will help Southern attract more out-of-state and older, nontraditional students.
November 30, 2011
African-American
Fisk University Gets Green Light to Sell Half Ownership of the Stieglitz Collection
It could be as much as a year before any of the money is seen, as the appeals court sent Fisk’s latest plan for the sale back to a trial court in Nashville with orders to provide a long-term plan to maintain and care for the collection.
November 30, 2011
Students
Death of FAMU Band Member Puts Other Universities on Notice
With FAMU’s internationally known “Marching 100” band suspended for an indefinite period, presidents, student life officials and band directors at many schools say they are taking new steps to reinforce their anti-hazing policies.
November 29, 2011
African-American
Attorney: There Was ‘Culture of Hazing’ at FAMU
Florida A&M University had a “culture of hazing” that led to the recent death of a marching band member, an attorney for the student’s family said Monday.
November 28, 2011
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