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Leadership & Policy

Students Want Woodrow Wilson’s Name Removed from Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. ― Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson […]

November 18, 2015

Fighting Hawks Picked as University of North Dakota Nickname

FARGO, N.D. ― University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname, the school announced Wednesday. The predatory bird mascot was declared the winner after receiving 57 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Roughriders in the two-nickname runoff. The vote was open to people with UND ties, […]

November 18, 2015

Michigan State University Sued Over Sexual Assault Claims

EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Four Michigan State University students filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday accusing the school and its leadership of a slow and inadequate response to their sexual assault complaints. The women said university administrators acted with “deliberate indifference” by failing to properly investigate and by violating school policies meant to prohibit harassment […]

November 18, 2015

Kansas Student Leaders Say They’re not ‘mimicking Mizzou’

by Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Protest leaders at the University of Kansas said Monday that they’re pushing for changes that ensure problems faced by minority and other “marginalized” students are addressed swiftly and effectively, rather than “mimicking Mizzou” by seeking the ouster of administrators. Leaders of the Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk group in Kansas […]

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator

by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]

November 18, 2015

African-American

Brown University Students Demand Improved Race Relations

by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A group of 35 graduate students at Brown University have joined together to demand that the Providence school’s administration makes an increased effort to improve race relations on campus. The Providence Journal reports the group, consisting of five graduate student organizations, co-authored a statement released Monday detailing its demands. […]

November 18, 2015

Leadership & Policy

MARGARET SPELLINGS

MARGARET SPELLINGS has been named president of the University of North Carolina System, effective March 1. She is president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Spellings earned a bachelor’s from the University of Houston.

November 18, 2015

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Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

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JOHN E. FERNANDEZ

JOHN E. FERNANDEZ has been named director of Environmental Solutions Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a full professor and director of the Building Technology Program and is director of the Urban Metabolism Group at MIT. Fernandez earned a bachelor’s from MIT and a master’s from Princeton University.

November 18, 2015

African-American

NASHID MADYUN

NASHID MADYUN has been appointed director of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives and Research Center at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). He was director of the Hampton University Museum. Madyun received a bachelor’s from Mississippi Valley State University, a master’s from Delta State University and a doctorate from the University of Phoenix.

November 18, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TOM TSENG

TOM TSENG has been appointed vice president for development and campaign co-director at the University of Hawaii Foundation. He is senior director of the International Division of the Office of Development at Stanford University. Tseng holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Cornell University.

November 18, 2015

LENA T. RODRIGUEZ

LENA T. RODRIGUEZ has been named endowed director of the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy and interim dean of the School of Business and Management at National University. She was chief marketing and development officer forthe Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Inc. program at the Kauffman Foundation. She earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Arizona State University, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

Community Colleges

MARY D. BRUCE

MARY D. BRUCE was promoted to full professor in the College of Business and Public Administration at Governors State University in Illinois. She was a university professor at Governors State. Bruce earned a bachelor’s from Southern University, a master’s from Oakland University in Michigan and a doctorate from Wayne State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Executive Editor David Pluviose will be attending the National Race Amity Conference today through Saturday at the Boston Marriott in Quincy, Massachusetts. The conference, dedicated to bridging the racial divide in America, is celebrating its fifth anniversary.

November 18, 2015

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Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests

As a group, Black student-athletes are in an optimal position to use sports as a forum to demand social change and bring attention to national issues and injustices.

November 17, 2015

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Thurgood Marshall Fund: Great Need for Continued HBCU Support

Students and leaders gathered at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s annual scholarship gala Monday.

November 17, 2015

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EDMC Ordered to Pay $95.5 Million for Unlawful Practices

Education Management Corp. (EDMC) will pay $95.5 million for falsely certifying compliance with Title IV of the Higher Education Act and parallel state statutes, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Tuesday.

November 17, 2015