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MARÍA CARLA CHICUÉN

MARÍA CARLA CHICUÉN was appointed as executive director of the initiative Casa-Cuba at Florida International University. She previously served as special projects assistant to the college president at Miami Dade College. Chicuén received a bachelor’s from Harvard University and a master’s in international relations from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

November 15, 2018

MOIRA BAYLSON

MOIRA BAYLSON has been appointed director of strategic communications and community engagement at Penn State Abington. She most recently was vice president of regional public affairs at Citizens Bank. Baylson earned a bachelor’s in communication from Cornell University and a master’s in art administration from Drexel University.

November 15, 2018

NIREATA D. SEALS

NIREATA D. SEALS was named vice president of student affairs at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY. Prior to her new role, Seals was the interim vice president for student affairs at the college. Seals earned a bachelors in behavioral science/social work from Concordia University, a masters in student personnel administration from New York University and an Ed.D. from Saint John Fisher College.

November 15, 2018

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Community Is Key for Native American Scholars

Building a supportive network is crucial for Native American scholars, many of whom are the only scholars in their field at a college or university.

November 15, 2018

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TOMMIE NORRIS

TOMMIE NORRIS has been appointed dean of the Benjamin Leon School of Nursing at Miami Dade College. She previously was a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Norris received an associates in nursing from Union University, a bachelor of nursing science from the University of Memphis, a master of nursing science from the University of Tennessee and a doctor of nursing science from Louisiana State University.

November 15, 2018

UW-Madison’s Jackson Receive ASHE Award

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) has recognized Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson. Jackson, the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and director of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) received the Council on Ethnic Participation Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship (Senior). This award honors a practitioner-scholar seminal that focuses […]

November 15, 2018

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Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole Appointed Chair & President of the National Council of Negro Women

Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole has been appointed chair and seventh president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) during the end of the council’s 58th Biennial National Convention in Washington, D.C. “At this moment when I have the exceptional honor of beginning my service as the chair of our beloved National Council of Negro […]

November 15, 2018

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How Do We Persuade the New Asian Alt-Right?

I write to ask my progressive friends, especially those sympathetic to Asian Americans, to help me answer a question often asked by Asian American students about their Asian immigrant parents. More specifically, many students whose elders are Chinese immigrants — who may not identify as either “Asian” or “American,” much less “Asian American” — have given to me the most difficult query: how can they discuss race and civil rights at home, with family members who are, in their words, “racist” toward African Americans and Latinos.

November 15, 2018

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Delaware Tribe of Indians Enter into Partnership Aimed to Educate

A new partnership between a Pennsylvania university and a Native American tribe aims to increase cultural awareness among students and establish a new curriculum at the institution. East Stroudsburg University (ESU) and the Delaware Tribe of Indians signed a Memorandum of Understanding in September.

November 15, 2018

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Raising Awareness Around the Impact of Year-Round Pell

Recent study and survey findings around the impact of year-round Pell (YRP) signal an opportunity for colleges and universities to increase awareness about the benefits of the grant aid.

November 14, 2018

American Indian College Fund & United Health Foundation Award 11 Native American College Students with Scholarships

The American Indian College Fund has collaborated with the United Health Foundation to award 11 Native American North Dakota college students with scholarships through United Health’s Foundation Tribal Wellness Scholarship Program. The United Health Foundation Tribal Wellness Scholarship Program inspires Native American college students to pursue careers in the mental health field to help their […]

November 14, 2018

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Dartmouth Cultivates Vibrant Native American Studies Program

The education of Native American youth was part of the charter when Dartmouth College opened its stately doors two and a half centuries ago. But it wasn’t until recent years that the school began graduating indigenous students in significant numbers, and its Native American Studies program has emerged as one of the strongest in the United States.

November 14, 2018

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Is the Language of Digital Technology Killing us and our Ability to Communicate?

My fascination with language, as a method of expression and communication, is precisely because of what it can do and enable and that it exists in so many various forms. It is also why I am so concerned with the direction of current trends in language and, ultimately, our communication.

November 14, 2018

Department of Education Launches New App Making it “Easier” to Fill out FAFSA

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Senate Education Committee chairman Lamar Alexander R-Tenn showed Sevier County High School students and local guidance counselors how to use the new myStudentAid mobile app. “Filling out the [Free Application for Federal Student Aid] FAFSA is now easier than ever before,” DeVos said. “For the first time, students […]

November 14, 2018

Six Lessons to Succeed as a First-Generation College Student

More than 35 years ago, I packed everything I could fit into the old Pontiac Catalina my grandparents helped me buy and drove halfway across the country to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder). I did not know what I was doing. I had to figure college out on my own because I believed that I could become the first in my family to earn a degree, and I had to find it in myself to be brave enough to try.

November 14, 2018

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AMA Adopts new Policy Geared Towards Preventing Physician and Medical Student Suicide

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a new policy geared towards identifying patterns that could predict and eventually prevent suicide among physicians-in-training. AMA will utilize the new policy with assistance from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to collect data regarding medical student, resident and fellow […]

November 14, 2018

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Disrupting health disparities can make a difference in people’s lives

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV) – AARP Michigan and a host of 20+ partners put nine months into a study of disparities in the state’s health care system. Our findings and calls to action were released in a report on Oct. 2 at an event attended by more than 200 guests. Read More

November 14, 2018

Could artificial intelligence transform health systems?

In an October 22, 2018 article in the Journal of Global Health, Rifat Atun, professor of global health systems at Harvard Chan School, and co-authors write that machine learning—a field of artificial intelligence in which computers are programmed to “learn” from large quantities of data and to progressively improve performance on certain tasks—has the potential […]

November 14, 2018