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Rutgers CMSI and The Whether Host Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for HBCU Students
To increase the number of historically Black college and university (HBCUs) students pursuing entrepreneurial career paths, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) partnered with mentorship network The Whether to create the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur (MEPE) fellowship program.
May 5, 2020
Opinion
How to Respond to Racial Microaggressions When They Occur
Over the last decade, there has been a significant rise in awareness among educators and the public about racial microaggressions. Coined by Chester Pierce in the 1970’s, racial microaggressions are the subtle forms of racism that are communicated to people of color through messages that degrade and demean them. Many people of color in the academy have experienced being told (with a sense of surprise) that they are “so articulate,” or assumed to have cheated on exams or papers when they outperform low expectations, being treated as intellectually inferior, being overlooked at the campus stores and eateries, and being told they come from “bad” schools or neighborhoods.
May 5, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Allure of Assimilation
I know ethnic nationalists. We all do. Some of them are unassuming in the sense of being modest even as they assuming in the sense of dividing the world and its inhabitants. For them, geography and borders are demarcated by ancestry and bloodlines. By their definition of belonging, only natives qualify as kith and kin. As a Chinese American, I feel vulnerable right now because of the anger toward China. If I insist, as I do, that I am an American, I doubt I am convincing.
May 5, 2020
COVID-19
A Panel Explores What Higher Education Could Look Like in a Post-Coronavirus World
Will higher education return to normal after the pandemic, or will it emerge forever changed? This was the underlying question of a panel on Monday, titled “The Future of Higher Education in a Post-COVID-19 World.” Hosted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Qatar Foundation, a private non-profit, the discussion focused on how the coronavirus has impacted higher education across borders, and what colleges and universities might learn from the crisis.
May 4, 2020
Students
HBCUs to Host National Virtual Commencement Ceremony
After having conversations with seniors, Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, recognized that many were upset about not being able to walk at graduation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Believing that students at other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) shared a similar sentiment, Sorrell planned a virtual commencement ceremony to acknowledge the Class of 2020’s achievements.
May 4, 2020
News Roundup
Georgetown U’s Graduate Workers Reach Labor Contract Agreement
Graduate workers at Georgetown University reached an agreement on their first-ever labor contract, winning stipend and cost-of-living increases and an emergency assistance fund. The agreement, which covers more than 1,000 graduate assistants, will see them getting average annual stipend and cost-of-living increases of $5,000. The agreement also established a $50,000 emergency assistance fund and a […]
May 4, 2020
News Roundup
New Michigan State U Provost Pick Has Many Black Faculty up in Arms
Many Black administrators, faculty and staff at Michigan State University (MSU) are unhappy with the announcement that the institution has appointed Teresa Woodruff the new provost, saying she doesn’t have a record of paying attention to the issues of underrepresented students, reported the Lansing State Journal. Woodruff is currently dean of Northwestern University’s Graduate School. […]
May 4, 2020
COVID-19
Stanford U Considers Holding Some Classes in Tents This Fall
Stanford University is considering holding some classes in tents this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, reported The Stanford Daily. The university’s provost Persis Drell said the usage of tents has been discussed as a way to “take advantage of the weather” with the aim of slowing the spread of the coronavirus. “Absolutely nothing is […]
May 4, 2020
HBCUs
HBCU Presidents Star in a TikTok Video to Show School Pride
More than a dozen presidents of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have made a TikTok video to lift students’ spirits and show school pride during a time of pandemic, reported Eurweb and NBC 5. The video shows 13 HBCU presidents participating in the #DontRushChallenge on TikTok. The video is set to the song “Don’t […]
May 4, 2020
COVID-19
Trump Wants Universities to Reopen in The Fall, Praises Purdue U President
President Donald Trump wants higher education institutions to reopen this fall, he said on Sunday, as he praised Purdue University president Mitch Daniels’ decision to reopen the institution as a residential campus with in-person instruction in fall 2020. At a virtual town hall hosted by Fox News, Trump was asked whether he is “going to […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
The Coronavirus Crisis Confirms That the U.S. Health Care System Fails Women
The coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone’s lives in numerous ways, but people have and will continue to experience these challenges differently. Pandemics worsen existing gender inequities both domestically and abroad—and this one is no different. While early estimates indicate that men are more likely to test positive for the virus, there is insufficient data to determine […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
D.C. to Financially Support Howard University’s New Teaching Hospital
Howard University and the Washington D.C. Mayor’s office last week announced a partnership under which the district will financially support a new teaching hospital at the university, toward the larger goal of building a citywide healthcare network that will serve residents in all communities. The district is going to provide Howard and a partner a […]
May 4, 2020
African-American
D.C. to Financially Support Howard University’s New Teaching Hospital
Howard University and the Washington D.C. Mayor’s office last week announced a partnership under which the district will financially support a new teaching hospital at the university, toward the larger goal of building a citywide healthcare network that will serve residents in all communities. The district is going to provide Howard and a partner a […]
May 4, 2020
Students
Students, Schools Seek Answers in Era of Pandemic U.
We’ve crept into May, which is coincidentally Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on the diversity calendar. But as Helen Hsu sees it, there’s not much to celebrate if you’re an Asian American student.
May 4, 2020
Other News
MSU Researcher Secures $2.5 Million Grant From National Institutes of Health
Montana State University researcher Blake Wiedenheft is a recognized expert in one of today’s hottest science fields, so it’s natural to wonder what discoveries may be in store now that he received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health earlier this year. And because the NIH’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award is designed to provide flexibility to […]
May 4, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Don’t Forget About Rural Higher Education Students: Addressing Digital Inequities During COVID-19
Recent literature discusses what the rural digital divide during COVID-19 means for rural students’ postsecondary access and enrollment but not the persistence of rural students already enrolled at colleges and universities. With rural student graduation rates at only 42 percent, higher education leaders must consider how digital inequities create further barriers to rural postsecondary success.
May 4, 2020
Other News
Professor Wins $3M Grant to Continue Work Increasing Diversity
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of more than $3 million to Cal State San Marcos psychology professor Keith Trujillo so that he may continue his work to increase diversity in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The grant — $3.2 million over five years — will establish a program called U-RISE@CSUSM, which […]
May 4, 2020
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MARIA DONOGHUE VELLECA
MARIA DONOGHUE VELLECA has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Currently professor of biology and senior associate dean for faculty affairs and strategic planning in the College and Arts & Sciences at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Donoghue Velleca holds a bachelor’s from Boston College and a Ph.D. from the Washington University School of Medicine.
May 4, 2020
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