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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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MELODY LO
MELODY LO has been named the inaugural Neil Griffin Endowed Dean of the Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University. Currently a professor of economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Lo holds a bachelor’s from National TsingHua University in Taiwan as well as a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
June 2, 2020
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DAVIDA LOREN HAYWOOD
DAVIDA LOREN HAYWOOD has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. Currently vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Alabama State University, Haywood holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Johnson C. Smith University as well as a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs and a Ph.D. in educational administration and higher education from The Ohio State University.
June 2, 2020
African-American
UVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floyd’s Death
Jim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
June 2, 2020
News Roundup
Six Atlanta Police Officers Charged After Violent Arrest of HBCU Students
Six police officers in Atlanta, Georgia, were on Tuesday charged following the violent arrest Saturday of two Black students from the historically Black Spelman and Morehouse colleges amid protests against the death of George Floyd, reported the Daily News. The students, Taniyah Pilgrim, 20, and Messiah Young, 22, were sitting in their car in traffic […]
June 2, 2020
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ARTANYA WESLEY
ARTANYA WESLEY has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater after having served in the role on an interim basis. Wesley holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counselor education from the University of Wisconsin Platteville as well as a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Capella University.
June 2, 2020
Students
Some Colleges See Rise in Summer Enrollment Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
Despite COVID-19 creating uncertainty in higher education, some colleges and universities in the country have seen a rise in summer enrollment numbers.
June 2, 2020
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SUSAN T. GOODEN
SUSAN T. GOODEN has been appointed dean of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Most recently interim dean at the Wilder School, Gooden holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in political science from Virginia Tech as well as a Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University in New York.
June 2, 2020
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