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Community Colleges
California Gov. Newsom Proposes $12 Billion Increase in Higher Ed Investments
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $12 billion increase for higher ed, with investments in college affordability, strengthening pathways, improving time to degree and graduation and addressing COVID-19 pandemic impacts on students. The investments aim to close racial equity gaps, which have been exacerbated during the pandemic. The higher ed budget proposed in the […]
May 18, 2021
Students
Frontier Nursing University Endows New Scholarship to Increase Diversity in Healthcare
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has endowed a new scholarship to support African American, Black, Native American, and Alaskan Native students. The scholarship will be for 10 students a year. FNU will designate $2.5 million to give $100,000 in scholarships a year. “While our other endowed scholarships are needed by and available to students of all […]
May 18, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Vince Rodriguez Named President of Coastline College
Dr. Vince Rodriguez has been named president of Coastline College. Since 1998, Rodriguez has been a part of the Coast Community College District. Since 2012, Rodriguez has served in the role as Coastline vice president of instruction. Rodriguez holds an associate degree from Orange Coast College, a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology, a […]
May 17, 2021
Community Colleges
National Competition Showcases STEM Capabilities of Community College Students
Community college students will flex their STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills on a national stage with the return of the Community College Innovation Challenge after it was canceled due to COVID-19 last year. Last week, the NSF and AACC named 10 final teams for their proposed solutions to timely issues such as the pandemic, policing behavior and climate change.
May 17, 2021
Other News
Mount Nittany Health Increases Visitation Opportunities for Medical Center Inpatients
Mount Nittany Medical Center began permitting one visitor per inpatient during visitation hours Monday, Mount Nittany Health said in a release. Visitation hours at the center are 2-6 p.m. daily, and all visitors, patients and caregivers are still required to wear masks and be screened prior to the visit. If a visitor does not have […]
May 17, 2021
COVID-19
Connecting Today’s Course Activities to Tomorrow’s Career Possibilities is Key to Student Re-Engagement
To say that education and learning has been significantly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic would be an understatement. Students have had to adjust to a new form of being educated while instructors were learning new methods on the fly. It was a patchwork process at best, but it caused a reexamination of existing practices.
May 17, 2021
Other News
Husson University Takes Important Next Step in Protecting Students’ Health
Husson University announced that it will be taking an important new step in protecting the health of their campus community by requiring all students returning to campus in the fall to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “Since the pandemic began, Husson University’s first priority has been to protect the health of our campus community. Toward this […]
May 17, 2021
Mental Health
Olympian Raven Saunders Looks Toward Tokyo, With A Focus on Mental Health
In January 2020, Olympic shot putter Raven Saunders read a news article about Bryce Gowdy, a Black teenager from Deerfield Beach, Florida, who died by suicide. He and his family had been living in a car as they endured financial difficulties, and the circumstances weighed on him, according to The Washington Post. Gowdy, 17, had been […]
May 17, 2021
Other News
Q&A: University Health Pediatrician Explains What The COVID-19 Vaccine Means for 12- to 15-Year-Olds
University Health System Pediatrician Dr. Mandie Svatek has answered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and what it means for children, including how kids have responded to the vaccine so far, her own daughter’s experience in a drug trial and when even younger children may become eligible for the shot. Days after the Food and Drug […]
May 17, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Battinto Batts Jr. Selected Dean of ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Dr. Battinto Batts Jr. has been selected dean of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, effective July 1, AZ Central reported. Batts – an experienced journalist – has worked as a newspaper crime reporter, lecturer, philanthropist, strategic communications professional, higher ed administrator and nonprofit leader. Batts holds a bachelor’s degree […]
May 17, 2021
Other News
Utah Will Pioneer A New Kind of Medical Education. Here’s Why It Matters
Our two organizations, Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health, formed a partnership to shape a new model of care designed specifically to keep people in a state of good health. It will focus on preventing illnesses, rather than just treating people when they become sick. Providers and caregivers across our state provide exceptional and […]
May 17, 2021
Other News
Several Catholic Colleges Will Require COVID-19 Vaccinations in Fall
As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools also are mandating that staff and faculty members be vaccinated. “Our goal is simple and twofold: to provide a COVID-safe environment in which our students, faculty and […]
May 17, 2021
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Percy L. Julian, Renowned Chemist, Posthumously Appointed to DePauw University Chemistry Faculty
Dr. Percy L. Julian – 1920 DePauw University valedictorian and renowned chemist denied a faculty appointment at his alma mater – was posthumously appointed to DePauw’s chemistry faculty by the DePauw Board of Trustees. His appointment is for academic years 1933-34 through 1936-37. Julian, who was born 1899 and died in 1975, produced more than […]
May 17, 2021
Mental Health
Suicides in College Sports Put Focus on Mental Health and Those Trying to Make Difference
Oregon State soccer standout Nathan Braaten was spending a July 4 holiday doing what a lot of college students do — making some extra money. He and teammate John Chambers were finishing up the painting of a house they had been working on for several days. They talked about a lot of things, including the possibility […]
May 17, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Denise Whisenhunt Named President of Grossmont College
Denise Whisenhunt has been named president of Grossmont College, effective July 1, pending contract approval by the school’s governing board, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Whisenhunt has been vice president of student services at San Diego City College since 2013. In the past, she was interim president of the school and interim vice president of […]
May 17, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Lafayette College President Dr. Alison Byerly Named President of Carleton College
Lafayette College President Dr. Alison Byerly has been named president of Carleton College, effective Aug. 1, lehighvalleylive.com reported. Byerly – Lafayette’s first female president – announced in October plans to step down as the college’s president when her contract ends on June 30. During her tenure, her accomplishments include doubling Lafayette’s financial aid budget, the […]
May 17, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Former UC President Janet Napolitano Receives ACE Lifetime Achievement Award
Janet Napolitano, former University of California president and first woman in that role, has been given the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award. Napolitano is currently a professor of public policy and director of the Center for Security in Politics at The Goldman School at UC Berkeley. She was U.S. secretary of homeland […]
May 17, 2021
STEM
Dartmouth College Receives $20M to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM
To increase representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), two Dartmouth College alumni gifted $20 million to the institution.
May 17, 2021
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