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Equine Therapy Helps in Meth Recovery

BILLINGS, Mont. — Shelly Fyant, from Arlee, painted circles around the eyes of a horse named Big Medicine. “The circle gives us a clear vision so we can see our enemy,” she said. The enemy Fyant is talking about is methamphetamine, the Billings Gazette reported. She and a dozen others gathered at a horse barn […]

June 2, 2016

STEM: Building Prosthetics Expands Native Students’ Vision

YAKIMA, Wash. — In a building just outside the main Yakama Nation Tribal School, its MESA prosthetics team has turned a classroom into a workshop. A 3-D printer hides behind a poster board. A clay oven is covered just outside the room. And there are tools everywhere. Here, one can tell students have been at […]

June 2, 2016

CAROL T. CHRIST

CAROL T. CHRIST has been named interim executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley. She is director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) at UC Berkeley. Christ earned a bachelor’s from Douglass College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Yale University.

June 2, 2016

ANNISE PARKER

ANNISE PARKER has been appointed a professor in the practice at Rice University. She was an Institute of Politics Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Parker earned a bachelor’s from Rice.

June 2, 2016

MONTSERRAT FUENTES

MONTSERRAT FUENTES has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the James M. Goodnight Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. Fuentes earned a bachelor’s from the University of Valladolid and a doctorate from the University of Chicago.

June 2, 2016

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NORMA ELIA CANTÚ

NORMA ELIA CANTÚ has been appointed the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Endowed Professor in Humanities at Trinity University, effective in August. She is a professor of Latina and Latino studies and English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Cantú earned a bachelor’s from Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M International), a master’s from Texas A&I-Kingsville (now Texas A&M Kingsville), and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

June 2, 2016

RACHEL SOLEMSAAS

RACHEL SOLEMSAAS has been appointed chancellor of Hawaii Community College. She is vice president for finance and administrative services at Truckee Meadows Community College. Solemsaas holds a bachelor’s from De La Salle University, a master’s from the University of Washington and a doctorate from Washington State University.

June 2, 2016

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ALISON CARR-CHELLMAN

ALISON CARR-CHELLMAN has been appointed dean of the College of Education at the University of Idaho, effective July 1. She is head of the the Department of Learning and Performance Systems and a professor of learning, design and technology in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University. Carr-Chellman has a bachelor’s and a master’s from Syracuse University, and a doctorate from Indiana University.

June 2, 2016

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AARON DOMINGUEZ

AARON DOMINGUEZ has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Catholic University of America. He is associate dean of research and global engagement and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Dominguez earned a bachelor’s from Whitman College, a bachelor’s from the California Institute of Technology, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.

June 2, 2016

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T. RAMON STUART

T. RAMON STUART has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State University. He was associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State. Stuart holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from West Virginia University, and a doctorate from Ohio University.

June 2, 2016

NAJIBA BENABESS

NAJIBA BENABESS has been named dean of the Tabor School of Business at Millikin University, effective July 1. She is director of the School of Business and Management within the College of Professional Schools at Norwich University in Vermont. Benabess earned a bachelors degree from the University Mohammed Fifth, a master’s from Western Illinois University and a doctorate from the Universityof Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

June 2, 2016

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NCORE Director Kathleen Wong(Lau): Path to Inclusion Must Be Carefully Mapped Out

Dr. Kathleen Wong(Lau), who has launched faculty training institutes and administrator training on management and leadership on diversity and innovation, says the curriculum should address participants “from where they are and the theoretical premise of where you want them to go.”

June 2, 2016

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Report Finds Bachelor’s Degrees More Beneficial Than Associate’s

When it comes to various forms of well-being—from financial to physical—associate’s degree holders trail behind holders of bachelor’s degrees across the board, according to a new report released Wednesday.

June 2, 2016

Chicago State University Forges Ahead Despite Financial Headwinds

Chicago State University is continuing to prove its success in producing minority and Black graduates in fields where they are often underrepresented despite the Illinois budget stalemate.

June 2, 2016

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Mellon Foundation Grants Additional $100K to Tuskegee University

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted $100,000 to Tuskegee University, bringing the total gift recently given to the private Alabama historically Black university to $600,000.

June 2, 2016

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All Motion Ain’t Progress

I consider myself very blessed to have grown up in an era when the global political consciousness of Black people was much keener than it appears, to me, to be today.

June 2, 2016

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Utah Police Reviewing BYU’s Handling of Sexual Assault Cases

SALT LAKE CITY ― Utah’s Department of Public Safety has launched an investigation into whether Brigham Young University’s police department is appropriately sharing sexual assault case information. BYU’s police department asked for the investigation so that an external party could examine whether it is correctly sharing these reports with other departments in the school and […]

June 1, 2016

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Murder-Suicide Leaves 2 Dead at UCLA

LOS ANGELES ― A shooting that left two men dead at UCLA on Wednesday and led to a massive response on the campus in a bustling part of Los Angeles was a murder-suicide, authorities said. Police Chief Charlie Beck declared the campus safe about two hours after authorities received a 911 call. The shooting happened […]

June 1, 2016