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African-American
Bowdoin Web Site Simulates Escape From Slavery
Bowdoin Web Site Simulates Escape From SlaveryBRUNSWICK, MaineA Bowdoin College professor and a group of his students last semester unveiled a Web-based game that simulates the pre-Civil War experience of escape from slavery. The Web site, titled āFlight to Freedom,ā allows a user to experience the real stories of ex-slaves who escaped from slavery in [ā¦]
January 16, 2002
African-American
Rift Between Harvard Scholars, President Makes National News
Rift Between Harvard Scholars, President Makes National NewsBostonControversy at Harvard University made national news last month when reports surfaced that several prominent Black scholars were considering leaving over a rift with Harvardās new president Dr. Lawrence Summers. According to reports first published in The Boston Globe, Drs. Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates and Anthony Appiah, [ā¦]
January 16, 2002
Faculty & Staff
Low Number of Black Faculty, Students Draws Concern
Low Number of Black Faculty, Students Draws Concern KNOXVILLE, Tenn.A climate of racial hostility and discrimination at the University of Tennessee has led to a disproportionately low number of minority faculty and students, claims a campus group. Members of the recently rekindled Black Faculty and Staff Association say the situation is worsening. āI have watched [ā¦]
January 2, 2002
Students
Auburn University Steps up Minority Programs
Auburn University Steps up Minority ProgramsAUBURN, Ala.Auburn University will expand its minority studies and continue racial tolerance and diversity training next year for its faculty, staff and students in the face of the Nov. 5 fraternity blackface party that reaped scorn (see Black Issues, Dec. 6). Auburn interim president William F. Walker announced a stepped-up [ā¦]
January 2, 2002
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
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