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African-American
New NAFEO Leader Proposes Ambitious Agenda
New NAFEO Leader Proposes Ambitious AgendaWASHINGTONThe National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education put lawmakers and higher education leaders on notice earlier this month, when its new president announced that his priority will be seeing to it that more historically Black institutions are given the support and resources they need to become comprehensive research [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
āFree Speechā Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn āBlackfaceā Case
āFree Speechā Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn āBlackfaceā CaseSuspended fraternity members file lawsuit against university citing violation of constitutional, civil rightsBy Erik LordsThe issue of free speech is at the heart of a lawsuit filed last month by suspended members of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi against Auburn University. The university suspended 10 members of [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
African-American
CUNY Department Seeks Papers, Proposals on Africana Culture, Digital Age
CUNY Department Seeks Papers, Proposals on Africana Culture, Digital AgeNEW YORKThe African American studies department at New York City Technical College of the City University of New York is seeking paper and presentation proposals for a conference titled āAfricana Studies in Science, Technology and Business: Digitizing the Discipline.ā The event is the 26th annual conference [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Outrage Continues Over Fraternitiesā
Outrage Continues Over Fraternitiesā Racially Offensive CostumesExpert on race relations says the behavior comes as no surpriseBy Erik Lords AUBURN, Ala.At a time when most Americans are putting domestic differences aside to unite in the international war against terrorism, racially charged events at two southern universities have reminded the nation that the battle against ignorance [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
African-American
Events
EventsDECEMBERDecember 5-9Kaleidoscope Leadership InstituteHilton Costa MesaCosta Mesa, Calif.Contact: Dr. Felita T. WilliamsPhone: (404) 244-2988Fax: (404) 244-2399E-mail: kaleidoscope@gpc.peachnet.eduWeb: www.gpc.peachnet.edu/kaleidoscopeDecember 17-19Eighth Annual Regional Conference on Improving Americaās SchoolsU.S. Department of EducationSan Antonio, TexasContact: National Conference Logistics Center, University of OklahomaPhone: (800) 203-5494E-mail: ias_conference@ed.govWeb: www.ncbe.gwu.edu/iasconferencesDecember 27-30Modern Language Association117th Annual ConventionNew OrleansContact: MLAPhone: (646) 576-5000Fax: (646) 458-0030E-mail: convention@mla.orgWeb: www.mla.orgJANUARYJanuary [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
Students
Fraternities Suspended for Wearing Racially Offensive Costumes
Fraternities Suspended for Wearing Racially Offensive Costumes AUBURN, Ala.Two Auburn University fraternities were suspended earlier this month because members dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes and blackface ā one with a noose around his neck ā during a Halloween party. Delta Sigma Phi and Beta Theta Pi fraternities, both with mostly White members, are being [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
Students
Two Steps Back, Two Steps Forward
Two Steps Back, Two Steps ForwardMy e-mail account experienced increased activity during Black Issuesā press time as subscribers, freelancers and friends gave me the heads up about members of two White fraternities at Auburn University that dressed up for Halloween as Ku Klux Klan members and others as members of the Black fraternity Omega Psi [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
African-American
Events
EventsNOVEMBER November 25-27Department of Defense Technical Assistance Program (DoD Tap)HBCU/MI Technical Assistance ConferenceāGreater DoD OpportunitiesāNew OrleansPhone: (800) 530-5941Web: www.uncfsp.org/idapDecemberDecember 5-9Kaleidoscope Leadership InstituteHilton Costa MesaCosta Mesa, Calif.Contact: Dr. Felita T. WilliamsPhone: (404) 244-2988Fax: (404) 244-2399E-mail: kaleidoscope@gpc.peachnet.eduWeb: www.gpc.peachnet.edu/kaleidoscopeDecember 17-19Eighth Annual Regional Conference on Improving Americaās SchoolsU.S. Department of EducationSan Antonio, TexasContact: National Conference Logistics CenterUniversity of OklahomaPhone: [ā¦]
November 7, 2001
African-American
Stirring Up āUncivil Warsā On College Campuses
Stirring Up āUncivil Warsā On College CampusesDavid Horowitz reparations ad campaign proves explosiveSeveral months have passed since the last campus protests erupted over a David Horowitz advertisement in college newspapers stating that reparations for American slavery is āa Bad Idea ā and Racist Too.ā But Horowitz, an author, activist and perhaps the nationās most visible [ā¦]
November 7, 2001
African-American
Events
EventsNOVEMBERNovember 1-3Education Trust National ConferenceāGood Teaching MattersāHyatt Regency Capitol HillWashingtonContact: Melissa MurphyPhone: (202) 293-1217, Ext. 323E-mail: mmurphy@edtrust.orgWeb: www.edtrust.orgNovember 7James Madison Universityās College of BusinessāThe New Leadership Challenge: Teaming Principles with Practices in a Time of ChangeāThe Omni Shoreham HotelWashingtonPhone:(800) 233-0937E-mail: teams@wyn.comWeb: www.lessonsinleadership.comNovember 9Eighth Annual Diversity ConferenceāAdvancing the Diversity Agenda in Higher EducationāCleveland State UniversityContact: Office [ā¦]
October 24, 2001
African-American
Events
EventsOctoberOctober 17-20Middle Atlantic Writers Association Inc.āFacing the Rising Sun: Recent Trends and New Authors in Africana LiteratureāSheraton ColumbiaColumbia, Md.Contact: Gerri BatesPhone: (443) 885-1167Fax: (410) 319-3166E-mail: gbates@jewel.morgan.eduWeb: www.morgan.edu/~English/MAWA October 18-20Character Education Partnership 8th National ForumāCharacter Education: The Other Side of the Report Cardā The Denver Marriott Tech CenterDenverPhone: (800) 988-8081, (202) 296-7743 Ext. 17Fax: (202) 296-7779October [ā¦]
October 10, 2001
African-American
Smithsonian Director to Head Underground Railroad Center
Smithsonian Director to Head Underground Railroad CenterWASHINGTONSpencer R. Crew, director of the Smithsonianās National Museum of American History for the past nine years, is ready to face the next phase of his career. He will be leaving the Smithsonian next month to become executive director and chief executive officer of the National Underground Railroad Freedom [ā¦]
October 10, 2001
African-American
Events
EventsOCTOBEROctober 17-20Middle Atlantic Writers Association Inc.āFacing the Rising Sun: Recent Trends and New Authors in Africana LiteratureāSheraton Columbia, Columbia, Md.Contact: Gerri BatesPhone: (443) 885-1167Fax: (410) 319-3166E-mail: gbates@jewel.morgan.eduWeb: www.morgan.edu/~English/MAWA October 18-21Eighth National HBCU Faculty Development SymposiumāCollaborating to Build Learning Communities in a Technical WorldāSheraton Norfolk WatersideNorfolk, Va.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: network@hbucfdn.orgWeb: [ā¦]
September 26, 2001
Leadership & Policy
Changing Complexions, New Complications
Changing Complexions, New Complications Cal state universityās james lyons and james rosser face unprecedented leadership challenges and opportunities as their institutions experience demographic changesBy Cheryl D. Fieldsn many ways, the Los Angeles basin is ground zero for the shifting demographic status of African Americans and Chicano/Latinos. Cities like Inglewood, Compton, Carson, Long Beach and even [ā¦]
September 26, 2001
African-American
What Is Wisdom Worth?
What Is Wisdom Worth?Wisdom is the finest beauty of a person.Ā Money does not prevent you from becoming blind.Money does not prevent you from becoming mad.Ā Money does not prevent you from becoming lame.You may beĀ ill in any part of your body.Ā So it is better for you to go and think again.And to select wisdom.Ā ā Yoruba [ā¦]
September 12, 2001
Students
Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, Sororities
Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, SororitiesTUSCALOOSA, Ala.The president of the campus NAACP chapter says integration of fraternities and sororities at the University of Alabama should be left to students, but a faculty spokesman says only force will break the racial barriers. Dave Washington, president of the National Association for the Advancement [ā¦]
September 12, 2001
Students
Black Caucus Calls on Government to Increase Promotion Of Fire Safety on College Campuses
Black Caucus Calls on Government to Increase Promotion Of Fire Safety on College CampusesMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus want the federal government to do more to promote fire safety in college dormitories and, in some cases, fraternity and sorority houses.The College Fire Prevention Act from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, would provide $100 million [ā¦]
September 12, 2001
African-American
Maryland Archaeologists Dig Up Remains
Maryland Archaeologists Dig Up Remains Of Free-Standing Black Community COLLEGE PARK, Md.University of Maryland archaeologists are unearthing the remains of a little-known middle-class African American community in Annapolis, Md., that goes back to 1832. They hope to learn how this community managed to remain intact and endure the pressures of a hostile world for 150 [ā¦]
August 29, 2001
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