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Taking On the Stereotypes: Asian American Basketball Player Excels on the Court
After leading his high school basketball team to a state title averaging 15 points a game, the 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound young man hoped to draw some Division I college scholarship offers.
May 27, 2009
HBCUs
Tuskegee President To Deliver Lincoln Memorial Rededication Address
Tuskegee University president, Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, will deliver the principal address this weekend at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to rededicate the monument in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.
May 27, 2009
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Harvard Student Claims Racism Plays Into Ban From Campus
A Harvard University senior who lives in the dorm where a Cambridge, Mass., resident was fatally shot this month says school officials ordered her out of the building and told her she could not graduate, claiming she was singled out because of her race.
May 27, 2009
Sports
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – FEMALE FINALISTS
Shardea Croes is a heavy hitter on and off the softball field. An outfielder, Croes helped lead her team to its first NCAA postseason tournament appearance this year and scored second-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) honors in 2008. Croes, a rising junior at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, is expected to earn her second […]
May 27, 2009
Sports
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – MALE FINALISTS
Sam Bradford, the starting quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team, was selected as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy as the Most Outstanding College Football Player in the United States for 2008. During the past season Bradford completed 302 of his 442 passes, for 4,464 yards and 48 touchdowns while throwing […]
May 27, 2009
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Sports
An Ambassador On and Of f the Field
Yolanda Odenyo has excelled both academically and athletically and brought a global perspective to the Oklahoma State University women’s soccer team.
May 27, 2009
Sports
A Legacy of Leadership
A tireless leader, volunteer and scholar,Kenneth Avila’s impact goes beyond the baseball field.
May 27, 2009
Sports
Coach Keeling: The Rescuer
Throughout his three-decades-long sports career, Rudy Keeling has been a builder.
May 27, 2009
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Asian American Pacific Islander
On diverseeducation.com: Taking On the Stereotypes
Harvard University basketball’s starting point guard Jeremy Lin has faced the stereotypical catcalls of “too skinny,” “too short” and “go play violin like the rest of your people,” despite the fact that he led his high school team to a state title and is Harvard’s top scorer.
May 27, 2009
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In Budget Crisis, Sports Teams Fail to Make the Cut
Some colleges and universities seeking to shore up funds have decided to slash athletic teams and eliminate athletic scholarships.
May 27, 2009
Latinx
HSIs, Others Look to Census for Aid to Schools, Communities
Advocacy groups are seeing to it that the U.S. Census Bureau has the necessary resources to count all U.S. residents effectively.
May 27, 2009
Sports
Capital Gains For Richmond
Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown amasses a surprising athletic leadership profile.
May 27, 2009
Students
Honing Athletic Skills, Academics at Community Colleges
Athletic programs build community and help mold a student’s identity.
May 27, 2009
Community Colleges
Professional Appoitments
BEN BRINEY has been appointed head coach of the Truman State University (Ala.) volleyball team. He previously served as the team’s assistant. Briney earned a bachelor’s from Southwest Baptist University. DR. LINDA M. BLEICKEN has been named president of Armstrong Atlantic State University (Ga.). Previously, she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs […]
May 27, 2009
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Diverse Calendar
June 17-20 ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SOCIOLOGISTS ABS 39th Annual Conference Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans, La. Web: www.blacksociologists.org J une 18-21 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES 2009 Annual Meeting Philadelphia E-mail: annualmeeting@aaupnet.org Web: www.aaupnet.org June 24-27 NATIONALASSOCIATION OFHISPANIC JOURNALISTS 27th Annual Convention Caribe Hilton San Juan, P.R. Web: www.nahj.org June 27-30 ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND […]
May 27, 2009
Sports
When Eligibility Is Over
Too often Black student-athletes are left unprepared for life after collegiate sports.
May 27, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars Say
The morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.
May 26, 2009
Children’s Literature and National Identity
Community Colleges
Obama Administration Announces National Program for Green Jobs, Training
Vice President Joe Biden and two Cabinet secretaries unveiled a national program Tuesday to train workers for “green jobs” that will make public housing more energy-efficient.
May 26, 2009
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