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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

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

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

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

LARRY THOMAS

LARRY THOMAS has been appointed vice president for communications at the University of South Carolina. Currently director of external affairs, community engagement, legislative affairs, and business support activities for multiple business units of British Petroleum in Texas, Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina and a master of public administration degree from Valdosta State University in Georgia. He also served 25 years of active duty as a captain in the U.S. Navy.

June 2, 2020

LEWATIS MCNEAL

LEWATIS MCNEAL has been named assistant dean of administration of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. Currently an associate dean in the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Kentucky University, McNeal holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a master’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a Ph.D. in public health sciences from the University of Louisville

June 2, 2020

MARK MONTGOMERY

MARK MONTGOMERY has been named chief diversity officer at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York. Currently dean of the School of Public and Human Services at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, Montgomery holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in education from the University of New England.

June 2, 2020

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TERRY LINDSAY

TERRY LINDSAY has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Currently vice president for student affairs and campus life and associate professor of leadership at Paul Smith’s College in northern New York, Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in African American studies and a master’s degree in college counseling and student personnel from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an Ed.D. in educational leadership, higher education administration from Argosy University.

June 2, 2020

KECIA M. THOMAS

KECIA M. THOMAS has been appointed dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences. Currently senior associate dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from Bucknell University as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in industrial/organizational psychology from Pennsylvania State University.

June 2, 2020

SHARONDA COOPER

SHARONDA COOPER has been appointed director of the Department of Multicultural Services and Programs at the University of Georgia. Interim director since July 2019, Cooper holds a bachelor’s in psychology from Fort Valley State University as well as a master’s degree in mental health and rehabilitation counseling and a doctorate in higher education from Ohio University.

June 2, 2020

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New Review Says HBCU Texas Southern Gave $2 Million in Aid to Unqualified Students

From fall 2017 through 2019, the historically Black Texas Southern University gave $2 million in aid to unqualified students and also admitted many who didn’t meet academic requirements, concluded an external review of admissions irregularities at the beleaguered institution, reported The Texas Tribune. These revelations come on the heels of the February termination of then […]

June 2, 2020

Kenneth Huewitt

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Creates Anti-Hate, Anti-Racism Coalition

In reaction to last week’s death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died in police custody, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Monday announced the creation of the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition so college athletes can voice their concerns about racism freely. Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power […]

June 2, 2020

Ed Department Says Connecticut May Lose Federal Funding if It Doesn’t Ban Transgender Athletes

The Department of Education has in a letter said Connecticut may lose federal funding if it allows transgender girls to compete as females in high school sports, reported the Associated Press. Already, in March, Idaho barred transgender girls from competing on female teams in public college athletics. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal […]

June 2, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

Do We All Look Alike?

“You all look alike,” is what people told me when I was a kid growing up. As an Asian American in the Midwest in the 1970s, before diversity was “a thing,” I was always aware my family was different — and difference was not celebrated. I laugh, or try to, now if anyone accuses me of identity politics. They have it backwards: I struggled to assimilate, to avoid being marked by my heritage. I understood to be accepted by my peers, I had to forsake my ancestors.

June 2, 2020

African-American

A Letter to George Floyd

I do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege was my birthright. Poverty, and homosexuality, and a propensity toward obesity were equally my birthright, and I have experienced prejudice for all of those reasons. Still, I do not pretend to know what it feels like to be racially profiled or to know that my ancestors were violently separated from their homeland and brought in chains to serve people whose race is the same as mine.

June 2, 2020