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Health
Nursing Leader and Researcher Keeps Patients First
What excites Dr. Cindy L. Munro about health care and the field of nursing today is not only the caliber of people who are choosing to enter health care professions, but also the shift in practitioners’ approach that emphasizes health and the prevention of problems, she says.
February 25, 2019
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College of New Rochelle ‘Unlikely’ To Stay Open, Citing Financial Struggles
Officials from the College of New Rochelle (CNR) have announced that the college will likely shut down by the end of the summer after experiencing years of financial struggle since a budget crisis surfaced in 2016. The private Catholic college was reportedly in discussion with an anonymous educational institution over a potential partnership, however a […]
February 25, 2019
Women
R. Kelly: We All Knew That He Was Coming to the Other Side of the Tracks
For most of us women, R. Kelly is not and will never be our perpetrator. Our perpetrators are police officers, soldiers, politicians, doctors, clergy, coaches, schoolteachers, counselors and even our own brothers, uncles, grandfathers and fathers. Men who claimed to love us. Men we trusted. We, African-American and Black women, want the same thorough, unrelenting and ruthless pursuit of justice that R. Kelly currently faces from the media and public for those of our perpetrators who are not as famous, rich and Black.
February 25, 2019
News Roundup
The College of New Jersey Opens Food Pantry for Food Insecure Students
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) has launched the opening of a food pantry for students who may be experiencing food insecurity. Colleges and universities across the country have previously launched similar food pantries in the past few years to help combat the epidemic. TCNJ’s new food pantry will also open to the surrounding community. […]
February 25, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Suresh Garimella Named Next President of University of Vermont
The University of Vermont (UVM) has named Dr. Suresh Garimella, executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue University, as its 27th president, effective July 1. “I am deeply honored to be selected the University of Vermont’s next president,” said Garimella, who is also the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue. “I […]
February 25, 2019
LGBTQ+
Thoughts on Jussie Smollett for My Diversity and Media Class
When you teach a course called “Diversity in Media”, Jussie Smollett provided one heck of a teachable moment.
February 25, 2019
Disparities
Adolescent Researcher Named a Duke Health Scholar
Adolescent development researcher Dr. Sherika Hill has been named a Translating Duke Health Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University School of Medicine. In addition to her new role, Hill currently serves as a senior research associate at the School of Medicine where she works on studies that look at […]
February 25, 2019
Nursing
Initiatives Could Bolster NM’s Physician Ranks
“I wish there was a quick easy answer,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lamented last week. Nevertheless, New Mexico’s new governor is offering a multi-pronged prescription intended to help alleviate the shortage of physicians and other health care professionals in New Mexico. Read More
February 25, 2019
Other News
Emotional Support Animals Are Becoming More Common on College Campuses
Since April 2017, Sam Goodin, director of Services for Students with Disabilities, has approved 14 applications for students to have live-in emotional support animals at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a need for mental health treatments increases, this type of therapy may become more common on college campuses. Read More
February 25, 2019
Disparities
Academic Programs Aim to Close Diversity Gap in Medicine
Blacks and Latinos make up more than 30 percent of the U.S. population, but only 10.3 percent of medical school graduates, a number that hasn’t changed much in 50 years. It’s a stark reminder that even though the U.S. population is becoming more diverse, medicine isn’t. Now, universities and community organizations around the country are […]
February 25, 2019
Nursing
Dr. Lee Anne Xippolitos: A Nurse Practitioner
As she prepares to retire as dean of the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University this spring, Dr. Lee Anne Xippolitos reflects on a health care career that spans almost two decades. “My career’s been an interesting one in the fact that it’s been a blend of service and academia,” Xippolitos says. When Xippolitos […]
February 25, 2019
Nursing
Dr. Betty N. Adams: A Commitment to the Profession
When Dr. Betty N. Adams’ father told her she would “make a good nurse,” it greatly influenced a child who already had demonstrated a commitment to helping other people, particularly those who were sick. Adams took his advice and went on to become one of the nation’s foremost nurse educators. Now dean of the College […]
February 25, 2019
Students
HSI Pathways Program Aims to Increase Hispanic Representation in the Professoriate
The goal of the HSI Pathways program is to increase the number of Latino faculty in the humanities. Funded by a five-year, $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program is on track to prepare 90 students from Florida International University, the University of Texas El Paso and California State University, Northridge – all Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) – for careers in academia.
February 25, 2019
Disparities
Joint Partnership Trains Nurses to Improve Health Care Outcomes in Alabama
Tuskegee University seniors Natasia Fanning and Roneshia Rudolph are part of an inaugural cohort of Registered Nurse Primary Care (RNPC) Scholars who are working collaboratively to provide quality health care and improve the health outcomes of underserved communities in the state of Alabama. By participating in the “Building a Resilient Primary Care Registered Nursing Workforce […]
February 25, 2019
News Roundup
Ohio State’s Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston Named President of Norfolk State University
Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston, senior vice president for student life at Ohio State University, has been named the next president at Norfolk State University, a historically Black college and university located in Virginia. During her tenure at OSU, Adams-Gaston furthered the institution’s approach to the comprehensive student experience, co-curricular plan and involvement opportunities, such as the […]
February 22, 2019
African-American
Grambling State University: Where Students Are CELEBRATED, Not Tolerated
About 5 years ago, researchers studying Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) concluded that enrollment among Black students at these institutions was on the decline. In fact, a report released by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that since the 1980s, the number of Black students enrolling at HBCUs had steadily decreased while the population of non-Black students gradually increased.
February 22, 2019
African-American
Bennett Loses Appeal for Accreditation, Files Suit
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has affirmed the agency’s December decision to terminate the accreditation of Bennett College, a historically Black College in Greensboro, N.C.
February 22, 2019
Academics
In Effort to Curb Hazing, New Citadel President Changes ‘Fourth-Class’ Discipline System
Change doesn’t always come easily at The Citadel, but a newly installed president has announced a policy he hopes will curb hazing and improve leadership training at the public military college. Retired Gen. Glenn Walters announced this month that starting in the 2020-21 school year The Citadel will assign all rising sophomores to a different […]
February 22, 2019
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