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African-American
Former NFL Player Takeo Spikes Partners With Morehouse College to Encourage Student Voting
Former NFL player Takeo Spikes is partnering with Morehouse College as an ambassador for the Adopt-An-HBCU Good Trouble Voter Drive, a campaign sponsored by athletes and entertainers using their platforms to urge students to vote on Nov. 3, according to officials at Morehouse College. The HBCU Good Trouble Voter Drive is organized by nonprofit HBCU […]
October 15, 2020
HBCUs
Trump, Notre Dame President Should Follow Delaware State’s Tony Allen
Tony Allen, president of Delaware State, an HBCU, knows what it takes to beat COVID. A mandatory testing policy. Twice a week for all 2,000 student, residents and employees. Results back in less than two days. Nearly 90 percent of all classes taught virtually. There’s mandatory masking, And total student buy in.
October 15, 2020
News Roundup
Texas Southern University Hosts Early Voting March to Polls
Texas Southern University hosted a “March to the Polls” event for students for early voting for the 2020 election on Tuesday. TSU’s marching band, the Ocean of Soul, led the march, with students following, instructed to social distance while going to the polling station. TSU Interim President Dr. Kenneth Huewitt and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner […]
October 13, 2020
African-American
The University of Dayton Publishes Historic Letter that Chronicles Systemic Racism
The University of Dayton recently uncovered and published a historic 1930 letter from the university’s president that was written to noted civil rights leader, scholar and author Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois. In it lies language and messaging that reflects systemic racism at the institution through past discriminatory admissions policies and practices, according to university officials. […]
October 13, 2020
News Roundup
Princeton Will Pay Almost $1M in Pay Back to Female Professors in Settlement
The Department of Labor found that Princeton University is guilty of pay discrimination between 2012 and 2014, though the investigation dates back to nearly a decade ago. Princeton has agreed to pay close to $1 million in back pay to its female professors, reported CNN. According to CNN, 106 women professors in full-time positions were […]
October 13, 2020
COVID-19
Most Alabama Four-Year Schools Go Test-Optional for 2021 Admissions Year
Most of Alabama’s four-year universities are not requiring college admissions test scores for the 2021 school year, many citing the difficulty students had in taking the test last spring, AL.com reported. The University of Alabama announced waiving standardized test score requirements last week, followed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham doing the same on […]
October 13, 2020
Native Americans
Institutions Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
Oct. 12 marks the federal holiday of Columbus Day. However, given explorer Christopher Columbus’ ties to colonization, racism and enslavement, many cities and states have instead chosen to observe Indigenous Peoples Day. To honor the history of Native Americans, four-year universities and community colleges across the country held virtual Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations.
October 13, 2020
HBCUs
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself: A Message on Behalf of Greatly Underinvested, Often Forgotten Historically Black Colleges and Universities
To say that 2020 has been one of the most abnormally jagged and oddly long years serves as an understatement. From a pandemic that has emancipated the souls of over 211,000 Americans to young people taking to the street to erasure of the country’s oldest institutions, 2020 has shaped into one of the most unpredictable and emotionally exhausting years in decades.
October 13, 2020
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Colleges and Universities Encourage Voter Turnout
It all started with a Tweet. Tamir Harper, a junior at American University (AU) was sitting and thinking about voting recently and how it ought to be accessible to all, particularly during the height of a global pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans.
October 12, 2020
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SHEREE OHEN
SHEREE OHEN has been named the inaugural associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Previously chief officer of diversity and inclusion at Clark University, Ohen holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and a juris doctorate from Golden Gate University School of Law.
October 12, 2020
Other News
Donald Simpson Named Dean of University of Louisiana Monroe College of Health Sciences
As a North Louisiana native and first-generation college student, there was no way for Donald Simpson to know the places his career would take him. In Namibia, he led a project to develop a biomedical services program. In Saudi Arabia, he developed licensed curriculums in medical laboratory science and radiologic imaging sciences. He’s worked at […]
October 12, 2020
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ASHLEE K. ROBERTS
ASHLEE K. ROBERTS has been appointed the executive director of student affairs planning and operations at Stockton University. Previously the associate director of student involvement at the University of MissouriSt. Louis, Roberts holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology, English and African & African American studies from the University of Memphis. She holds a master’s degree in education from the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Saint Louis University.
October 12, 2020
Other News
Project Aims to Increase COVID 19 Testing for Native Populations
American Indian and Native Alaskan populations have been hit hard by the pandemic—exactly how hard, no one can say for sure, since there is a lack of information and testing in these communities. A new project led by Dr. Dedra Buchwald, a physician and professor with WSU’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, has received […]
October 12, 2020
Other News
UNC Chapel Hill Campus Health Has Begun Texting Students Weekly Reminders for COVID-19 Testing
One week after UNC sophomore Mary McKay got a COVID-19 test at the Student Union, she received a text from Campus Health stating that it was time for her to get another test. These texts are part of a new testing program by the University that recommends students get tested for COVID-19 every five to nine days. […]
October 12, 2020
Other News
Tennessee College Email Accidentally Reveals Infected Staff to Entire Campus
Volunteer State Community College apologized after one of their administrators accidentally sent out an email revealing the names of employees who tested positive for coronavirus to the entire campus. Read More
October 12, 2020
Other News
Marist Extends ‘Pause,’ Sees Increase Of Positive COVID-19 Cases After Off-Campus Party
Marist College is extending its “pause” of campus activities until Wednesday, according to the college’s website. The announcement comes a few days after students were notified that an off-campus gathering resulted in multiple causes of COVID-19. All classes will continue to hosted remotely on Monday and Tuesday. Read More
October 12, 2020
Mental Health
Students Detail Mental Health Concerns With Yale’s Spring Plan
Rebecca Goldberg ’22, who is currently taking a leave of absence, was waiting until the administration announced the spring schedule to decide what she would do for the upcoming semester. When Yale revealed that next term would not include a spring recess, she decided to take the whole year off. Goldberg is not alone in […]
October 12, 2020
News Roundup
Cornell Names Two Residence Halls After Alumnae Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Toni Morrison
Cornell University will be naming two residence halls after alumnae U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, according to a Cornell press release. The announcement came in Cornell President Dr. Martha E. Pollack’s State of the University address. The two under-construction residence halls are part of the school’s North […]
October 12, 2020
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