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Georgia College Student Sentenced To 4 Months in Prison for Breaking Cayman Islands’ COVID-19 Protocol
An 18-year-old college student from Georgia has been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands after breaking the British Caribbean territory’s Covid-19 protocol while visiting her boyfriend for a jet skiing competition, according to her family. Skylar Mack, a pre-med student at Mercer University, left for the Islands November 27 after testing […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
University of Montana Chosen as a COVID-19 Vaccine Provider and Distributor
The University of Montana will soon provide and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to Montanans. The State of Montana approved UM as a vaccine holding and distributor center this week, allowing the University to serve as a vaccine distributor. Kenneth Chatriand, manager of the UM Pharmacy and coordinator of community advanced student pharmacy practice, said the […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
Pa. Colleges and Universities Delaying Spring Semester Due To Rising COVID-19 Cases
Several Pennsylvania colleges and universities are delaying a return to campus because of rising cases of COVID-19, which has sickened more than 519,000 people in the state and killed more than 13,000. Many schools made those announcements ahead of a push Wednesday from the state departments of Health and Education, which strongly encouraged all higher […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
AHA Urging New Yorkers To Focus on Heart Health in COVID-19 Pandemic
Focusing on your health has become a priority during the COVID-19 pandemic as more doctors and nurses urge people to be cautious and prevent virus infection. During this time, some aspects of health have been neglected and regular health check-ups for underlying conditions have been put off, according to the American Heart Association. The AHA […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
GW University Offers Health Care Training Program to High School Students
Students with the Governor’s Health Sciences Academy (GHSA) at T.C. Williams High School will soon have the opportunity to expand their career options. The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) has received a $700,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia to create a new Community Medi-Corps Program in Alexandria. “We are excited to […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
HBCU Graduate to Lead the Environmental Protection Agency
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced  state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan, who is head of North Carolina’s environmental agency was one of several contenders whose name emerged in recent days. Biden’s pick was confirmed Thursday by a person familiar with the selection process who was not authorized the discuss the […]
December 21, 2020
Other News
Tiktok Is Giving 10 Colleges $10 Million To Boost Minorities in Health Care
If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important health care workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok is donating $10 million to 10 colleges serving underrepresented students. The video social network website made the announcement Wednesday, saying that each school would receive $1 million to support both undergraduate […]
December 21, 2020
News Roundup
Lubbock Christian U Receives $810,000 Gift For Scholarships, Faculty Development
Lubbock Christian University has received a $810,000 gift to fund student scholarships and faculty development from the estates of Bill and Mildred Crozier and Lewis Wayne Crozier, a family from the nearby city of Midland, Texas, reports KCBD 11 news. “The Crozier family’s significant investment into the students and faculty at Lubbock Christian University is […]
December 21, 2020
HBCUs
Omnibus Spending Deal Includes $1.3 Billion in Debt Relief for HBCUs
Several of Congresswoman Alma Adams’ (NC-12) equity-oriented higher education priorities are included in the FY21 Omnibus spending deal, including her bill, The HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act, which cancels over $1.3 billion in debt held by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). According to Adams’ office, the bill also includes “the largest expansion of […]
December 21, 2020
HBCUs
Missouri’s Lincoln University to Become First HBCU With Police Academy
Lincoln University will become the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) to house its own police academy next year, upon receiving Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s signature last week granting the university’s basic training center license, reports The Missouri Times. “At a time when law enforcement agencies are working to attract more diverse officers and […]
December 21, 2020
Community Colleges
Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Carbon Community College Receives $1M From Late Professor Emeritus
A beloved Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) professor who died this year has left nearly $1 million for the college to use as scholarships for students in technology. Clifford F. Miller, who joined LCCC to teach mechanical technology in 1968, was among the first professors at the Pennsylvania college founded just two years prior. Miller […]
December 21, 2020
Opinion
When We Understand Microaggressions in the Broader Context of Systemic Racism, We’ll Make Some Progress
Many people have heard the word “microaggression,” but how many understand what it really means, or looks like?
December 21, 2020
Latinx
Stakeholders Call for Increased Support for HSIs Given Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact businesses, schools and daily life in a number of ways. It has also further exposed inequities that existed in society, given that a disproportionately high percentage of deaths related to COVID-19 in the U.S. have occurred among minority populations.
December 21, 2020
Faculty & Staff
UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Diversity Jumped in Five Years. How Did It Do It?
In the past five years alone, the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) has experienced a notable jump in faculty diversity for each ethnicity category, excluding White. How did it do it?
December 18, 2020
Native Americans
Institute of American Indian Arts Creates “Virtual Reservation” Exhibit
The Institute of American Indian Arts is now running the second of two virtual exhibits featuring seniors’ artwork, called “Virtual Reservation.” It’s a collaboration between faculty, IT staff and students using software from Ortelia Interactive, an Australian company.
December 18, 2020
Academics
Six Senior Military Colleges Receive $1.475 Million Each to Create Cybersecurity Institutes
The University of North Georgia (UNG) and the U.S.’s five other senior military colleges (SMCs) have each received approximately $1.475 million in federal funds to create cybersecurity institutes as pilot programs in fall 2020, according to a UNG press release. The funds come from a $10 million Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation to the National […]
December 18, 2020
Other News
$1 Million Initiative Seeks to Improve Service Experiences for Military Families of Color
The $1 million Blue Star Families’ Racial Equity Initiative seeks to improve the service experiences of military families of color, Military Times reported. The initiative will include aspects such as research and “a leadership training program to create a pipeline for the next generation of diverse leaders who want to work with private organizations supporting […]
December 18, 2020
Policy
Legislation Protecting Funding for Tribal Nations and Military School-Aged Children Made Into Law
The “Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief” Act, which secures education funding for tribal nations and military school-aged children throughout COVID-19, was signed into a law by President Donald Trump this month, Journal Inquirer reported. U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney (D-CT) introduced the legislation in August, which was then passed by the House in October and Senate […]
December 18, 2020
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