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News Roundup
Richard Buery, Jr. Appointed CEO of Anti-Poverty Organization Robin Hood
Richard Buery, Jr. has been appointed CEO of the New York poverty-fighting organization Robin Hood. He is replacing author Wes Moore, who announced that he is running for governor of Maryland. Buery served as deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives for the City of New York. He founded the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-owned […]
June 21, 2021
Community Colleges
Wisconsin Northcentral Technical College President Dr. Lori Weyers Prepares for Retirement After Lifelong Love of Education
Many people begin making career plans in high school or college. For Dr. Lori Weyers, the process began a bit earlier. “As early as kindergarten I wanted to be in education,” says Weyers, who is retiring as president of Wisconsin’s Northcentral Technical College.
June 21, 2021
Other News
Senator Seeks to Tackle Sexual Assault Cases in Military
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her years-long campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military chain of command. But getting over the finish line may depend on whether she can overcome wariness about broader changes she’s seeking to the military justice system. There is now widespread support for […]
June 18, 2021
Other News
New Vaccine Lottery for Military Personnel
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced a new COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery for the state’s military, family members and veterans because the federal government wasn’t sharing individual vaccine status of those groups with the state and there were concerns they would be left out of a previously announced lottery. The announcement comes after last week’s start […]
June 18, 2021
Veterans
Family of Former LSU President Sues to Regain Military Items and Historical Papers
The family of a former Louisiana State University (LSU) president are suing the school to get back his military items and are seeking monetary damages for “extreme humiliation” caused by LSU’s denouncement of his segregationist views, according to the Associated Press. Jill Craft – attorney for descendants of Troy H. Middleton – said the suit […]
June 18, 2021
Other News
Army Potentially Returning to Job-Specific Scoring for Fitness Test
The Army is considering returning to job-specific scoring bands for the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), the service’s top general told lawmakers Tuesday, Military.com reported. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told lawmakers in the Senate Armed Services Committee that the force is adjusting the ACFT and balancing wanting a more […]
June 18, 2021
Sports
Q&A With Gail Dent, the NCAA’s Associate Director of Communications
Meet Gail Dent, the NCAA’s Associate Director of Communications, as she shares her thoughts on student-athlete activism, the long-term effects of COVID-19 and her go-to dish at a summer barbeque.
June 18, 2021
Opinion
College Recruitment Scandal: Lessons Learned
The 2019 college admissions scandal opened a Pandora’s box in college recruitment. For the first time in contemporary history, the world witnessed the tip of the iceberg on how a ‘silent class war’ shapes the recruitment of college students into prestigious higher education institutions in the U.S.
June 18, 2021
African-American
Alabama A&M’s Retiring President Dr. Andrew Hugine Reflects On His Career
Dr. Andrew Hugine, Alabama A&M University’s president, says he has always wanted to work in education. His mother was a teacher, and, as an undergraduate at South Carolina State University, he majored in math education. He taught high school math for one year in Beaufort, South Carolina, after graduation before his alma mater came calling.
June 18, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell to Take On New Role at Washington U in St. Louis
Washington University (WU) in St. Louis has named Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell its new vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity. She succeeds Dr. Adrienne D. Davis who served as the university’s first vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity for 10 years. Caldwell comes to WU from the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]
June 18, 2021
African-American
Roughly 20 Black Faculty, Staff Say They Feel Undervalued at UNC-Chapel Hill
About 20 Black faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill say they feel undervalued and are considering leaving, particularly after the school denied immediate tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, reports The News & Observer. About 30 members of the Carolina Black Caucus — made up of about 250 faculty, staff graduate students […]
June 18, 2021
African-American
University of West Florida Students Create Black Lives Matter Public Mural
The Kugelman Honors Program at the University of West Florida (UWF) selected fifteen students to create a public mural as a collective response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The mural is displayed in the John C. Pace Library. The program sponsored the project as part of its Equity and Diversity Initiative. “UWF has a […]
June 18, 2021
African-American
Jacqueline Jones Named Dean of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication
Jacqueline Jones has been appointed dean of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University, effective Aug. 1. Jones currently serves as the assistant dean for programs and chair of the department of multimedia journalism. She has worked at several newsrooms including the Baltimore Evening Sun, Detroit Free Press, New York Newsday, […]
June 18, 2021
COVID-19
Northeastern University Partners and Saves Mills College from Closing
Northeastern University is partnering with Mills College, saving the dwindling women’s liberal arts college from no longer operating. The announcement came in a letter from Northeastern President Dr. Joseph E. Aoun. “We recognize and share a mutual commitment to maintaining the excellence Mills has achieved in its educational programs,” Aoun wrote. “Through our proposed alliance, we […]
June 18, 2021
COVID-19
University of Kansas Chooses Not to Implement Dismissal Policy
University of Kansas will not use a criticized policy that would have made it easier to suspend tenure protections, according to the Associated Press. Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Kansas Board of Regents he was confident the school will not have to suspend tenure in response to financial concerns. Last week, he said that the […]
June 18, 2021
African-American
Textbooks Will Be Free For Two Years at North Carolina A&T Through B&N Partnership
Free textbooks will be available to undergraduates at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, through a partnership with Barnes & Noble College and its “BNC First Day Complete” program. The program provides “an innovative course material delivery model” that ensures students have all the materials they need […]
June 18, 2021
Home
How This Minneapolis Man Is Healing Collective Trauma Through Creative Counseling and Mentoring
Jamil Stamschror-Lott is a mental health provider running his own therapy practice, Creative Kuponya, which he and his wife Sara founded together in 2017. The practice — named after the Swahili word for “healing” — is based in Minneapolis, the city he moved to as a child in the ’90s.
June 17, 2021
Latest News
U.S. Education Department Announces Loan Forgiveness for 18,000 Cases Related to ITT
Students whose financial and academic trajectories may have been jeopardized by the abrupt 2016 closing of controversial for-profit ITT Technical Institute will be getting some relief from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced approval of 18,000 borrower defense to repayment claims for people who attended the school.
June 17, 2021
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