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LARRY THOMAS
LARRY THOMAS has been appointed vice president for communications at the University of South Carolina. Currently director of external affairs, community engagement, legislative affairs, and business support activities for multiple business units of British Petroleum in Texas, Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina and a master of public administration degree from Valdosta State University in Georgia. He also served 25 years of active duty as a captain in the U.S. Navy.
June 2, 2020
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LEWATIS MCNEAL
LEWATIS MCNEAL has been named assistant dean of administration of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. Currently an associate dean in the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Kentucky University, McNeal holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a master’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a Ph.D. in public health sciences from the University of Louisville
June 2, 2020
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MARK MONTGOMERY
MARK MONTGOMERY has been named chief diversity officer at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York. Currently dean of the School of Public and Human Services at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, Montgomery holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in education from the University of New England.
June 2, 2020
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TERRY LINDSAY
TERRY LINDSAY has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Currently vice president for student affairs and campus life and associate professor of leadership at Paul Smith’s College in northern New York, Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in African American studies and a master’s degree in college counseling and student personnel from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an Ed.D. in educational leadership, higher education administration from Argosy University.
June 2, 2020
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KECIA M. THOMAS
KECIA M. THOMAS has been appointed dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences. Currently senior associate dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from Bucknell University as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in industrial/organizational psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
June 2, 2020
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SHARONDA COOPER
SHARONDA COOPER has been appointed director of the Department of Multicultural Services and Programs at the University of Georgia. Interim director since July 2019, Cooper holds a bachelor’s in psychology from Fort Valley State University as well as a master’s degree in mental health and rehabilitation counseling and a doctorate in higher education from Ohio University.
June 2, 2020
News Roundup
New Review Says HBCU Texas Southern Gave $2 Million in Aid to Unqualified Students
From fall 2017 through 2019, the historically Black Texas Southern University gave $2 million in aid to unqualified students and also admitted many who didn’t meet academic requirements, concluded an external review of admissions irregularities at the beleaguered institution, reported The Texas Tribune. These revelations come on the heels of the February termination of then […]
June 2, 2020
Sports
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Creates Anti-Hate, Anti-Racism Coalition
In reaction to last week’s death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died in police custody, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Monday announced the creation of the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition so college athletes can voice their concerns about racism freely. Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power […]
June 2, 2020
Sports
Ed Department Says Connecticut May Lose Federal Funding if It Doesn’t Ban Transgender Athletes
The Department of Education has in a letter said Connecticut may lose federal funding if it allows transgender girls to compete as females in high school sports, reported the Associated Press. Already, in March, Idaho barred transgender girls from competing on female teams in public college athletics. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal […]
June 2, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Do We All Look Alike?
“You all look alike,” is what people told me when I was a kid growing up. As an Asian American in the Midwest in the 1970s, before diversity was “a thing,” I was always aware my family was different — and difference was not celebrated. I laugh, or try to, now if anyone accuses me of identity politics. They have it backwards: I struggled to assimilate, to avoid being marked by my heritage. I understood to be accepted by my peers, I had to forsake my ancestors.
June 2, 2020
African-American
A Letter to George Floyd
I do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege was my birthright. Poverty, and homosexuality, and a propensity toward obesity were equally my birthright, and I have experienced prejudice for all of those reasons. Still, I do not pretend to know what it feels like to be racially profiled or to know that my ancestors were violently separated from their homeland and brought in chains to serve people whose race is the same as mine.
June 2, 2020
African-American
As Hundreds of Students Join George Floyd Protests, Some Black Students Become Targets of Police
As hundreds of college students nationwide joined the George Floyd protests over the weekend, police used force against some Black students in incidents that some college leaders said are yet more examples of systemic racism and excessive police action. “This is the exact kind of policing behavior thousands have been protesting,” tweeted the Georgia chapter […]
June 1, 2020
COVID-19
Higher Ed Groups Reiterate Request to Senate for $46 Billion More to Colleges
The American Council on Education (ACE), alongside dozens of other higher education groups, has reiterated its April 9 request to the Senate to allocate $46.6 billion more for higher education to further address problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the second half of the current school year, our institutions lost billions of dollars beyond […]
June 1, 2020
Native Americans
The Navajo Nation Hit the Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in the Country. What Does That Mean for Its Tribal College?
The Navajo Nation now has the highest per capita coronavirus infection rate in the country, surpassing New York and New Jersey, with 4,842 cases and 158 coronavirus deaths as of May 27, according to the Navajo Department of Health. The tribe is in an official state of emergency. What does that mean for Diné College, a tribal college serving Navajo students?
June 1, 2020
News Roundup
Florida A&M to Decide on Wednesday if It Will Quit MEAC for SWAC
Florida A&M University’s board will vote on Wednesday whether the program will move from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported WCTV. If the Florida A&M’s board decides to move conferences, the shift will take place in July 2021. MEAC has already lost North Carolina A&T State University to the […]
June 1, 2020
African-American
Survey: Students of Color Report Greater Academic, Emotional Toll From Pandemic
In an online survey from the Global Strategy Group and The Education Trust, students of color and low income students reported greater academic, financial and emotional tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic than did the general student population. The survey, conducted online from May 14-19, collected feedback from a pool of 1,010 two-year, four-year and undergraduate […]
June 1, 2020
COVID-19
Boston U Students Can Choose Remote or In-Person Classes in Fall 2020
This fall, undergraduate students at Boston University (BU) can choose whether to attend classes in person or virtually under a new hybrid teaching format the university is calling “Learn from Anywhere” (LfA), reported BU Today. The format aims to provide the same academic content and classroom discussion to all students, regardless of whether they are […]
June 1, 2020
Opinion
Honoring an Equity-Minded Pioneer
On Monday, Dr. Estela Bensimon—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent and prolific educational scholars—announced her retirement from USC and the merging of the Center for Urban Education (CUE) that she founded in 2000 with Harper’s Race and Equity Center. The merger will serve as a game changer for diversity, inclusion and equity work across the higher education landscape.
June 1, 2020
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