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African-American
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Joins Boston University to Lead New Antiracist Research Center
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of the most sought-after scholars on racism in America, will join Boston University, launching the institution’s new Center for Antiracist Research.
June 4, 2020
African-American
Summit Discusses Mental Health and Equity on College Campuses
On the second day of the virtual Campus Prevention Network Summit, hosted by EVERFI, conversations focused on diversity, equity and inclusion on campuses as well as the mental health of Black women students.
June 4, 2020
African-American
U of Central Florida Professor Tweets About ‘Black Privilege,’ Many Want Him Fired
University of Central Florida (UCF) students and many others are calling for the institution to fire Charles Negy, a professor who has been tweeting about ‘black privilege’ and ‘minority idolatory’, among other things, since the death of George Floyd in police violence. The university, on its Twitter account, said it’s reviewing the issue “while being […]
June 4, 2020
African-American
In the Wake of George Floyd’s Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice Initiatives
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received “a substantial gift” to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth […]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Following George Floyd’s Death, Virginia and California Community Colleges to Review Police Training
The community college systems of Virginia and California will review their police training curricula in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. The Virginia system will create a panel to examine the curricula used to educate law enforcement officers across its 23 colleges, said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s […]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Troy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd Comments
Troy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made “inflammatory” comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. […]
June 4, 2020
Sports
Florida A&M Board Votes to Quit MEAC and Move to SWAC
Florida A&M University’s board on Thursday unanimously voted to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported HBCU Gameday. The university will leave MEAC on June 30, 2021, and join SWAC a day later. When Florida A&M leaves, MEAC will be left with nine full members, only seven […]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Mo Williams: Top Black Student-Athletes Should Switch to HBCUs
To protest systemic racism, Black student-athletes enrolled in Division I (D-I) institutions should transfer to historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs), said Mo Williams, who was named head coach of the men’s basketball program at Alabama State University, a historically Black institution, last month. In tweets following the death of George Floyd in police custody, […]
June 4, 2020
African-American
U of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floyd’s Memorial Service
The University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first […]
June 4, 2020
Students
A Battle for the Soul of Our Nation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a long way from Brunswick, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky. Yet the three areas are now inextricably linked by the recent tragedies that befell African- American citizens – murdered in those locations by citizen vigilantes or police officers. Each illuminates a teachable moment that we would do well to learn from, and demonstrates that even during a historic pandemic, when we are all supposedly “in this together,” that we still have a long way to go as a society before we truly reach “togetherness.”
June 4, 2020
Sports
For the Love of Sport: Highlighting the Experiences of D-III Student-Athletes
With no athletic scholarships and schedules often jam-packed with multiple obligations, Division III student-athletes still make time for the sports they love while pursuing academic excellence.
June 4, 2020
Students
After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns
Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.
June 3, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Summit Discusses Health and Safety Issues on College Campuses
College students’ mental health and well being in a time of pandemic and their safety when new rules on sexual assault investigations kick in Aug. 14, were the main issues discussed on Wednesday at the annual EVERFI Campus Prevention Network Summit.
June 3, 2020
COVID-19
College Board Puts on Hold Plans for an At-Home SAT Exam
The College Board has put on hold a plan to provide the SAT exam at home, saying students taking such a test would need access to three hours of uninterrupted, video-quality internet, which is something not all of them have. It will continue to deliver the SAT online in some schools “but will not introduce […]
June 3, 2020
News Roundup
Upset at Their Behavior During Protests, Clark University Cuts Ties With Police
Upset with the behavior of local law enforcement during what it said were peaceful protests, Clark University will discontinue its use of off-duty police officers and suspend its policy that requires a police officer at large student events. Four Clark students of the Worcester, Massachusetts-based university were among several arrested on Monday during local protests […]
June 3, 2020
African-American
UCLA ‘Troubled’ the LAPD Is Using the University Stadium as a ‘Field Jail’ During Protests
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is upset that the city’s police department is using the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium as a ‘field jail’ for people detained during demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd. That the Los Angeles Police Department was using the stadium in this manner was brought to the university’s attention […]
June 3, 2020
HBCUs
What Do We Tell Our Children, Our Students?
For the past few days, I, like many others, have been viewing through the lens of the media, the reaction of our country to the deplorable and senseless death of yet another defenseless black person at the hands of a white police officer, a tragic mockery to the truth that Black Lives Matter. Similar to other Americans, I am overcome with a range of emotions.
June 3, 2020
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PHILIP HUNT
PHILIP HUNT has been named the next registrar at North Dakota State University. Currently registrar at the South Dakota School of Mines, Hunt holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from the University of Connecticut as well as a juris doctorate from the University of New Hampshire Law School.
June 2, 2020
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