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Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges Freeze Tuition
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Board of Regents voted Friday to keep tuition flat for the coming year. “The pandemic has taken a toll on our students who’ve been affected in numerous ways, including job loss,” Board Chair Gail Henson said in a news release. “The board wanted to help students, and we […]
June 14, 2021
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University Hospitals Receives $10 Million Donation from Ahuja Family to Support Community Health Center, Reach Underserved Populations
University Hospitals will use a $10 million donation from the Ahuja family to bolster services at its Cleveland health center for women and children and establish a new position dedicated to improving community health, outreach and education for underserved populations. In recognition of the donation, the health center in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood will be renamed the UH […]
June 14, 2021
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Healthcare Workers Pushback on Indiana University Health Vaccine Mandate
Healthcare workers are fighting a new Covid vaccine mandate from Indiana University Health, which says all employees must get a vaccination by September or face termination. Other hospitals are facing the same challenge. Read More
June 14, 2021
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Stetson University Breaks Ground On $18M Cici and Hyatt Brown Hall for Health and Innovation
When Wendy Libby, then Stetson University’s president, met with Cici and Hyatt Brown on Sept. 29, 2017, she addressed a few of the school’s wants, ranging in cost from $5 million to $15 million. The Ormond Beach couple asked what was most important. Outside of Sage Hall, on a warm Friday afternoon, almost four years after […]
June 14, 2021
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‘A Perfect Fit’: Salem Academy and College Names A New President with Extensive Health Sciences Background
As Salem Academy and College turns to preparing its college graduates for careers and leadership roles in health-related fields, the institution has picked a new president who helped start a health sciences school at a New England university. Salem Academy and College on Thursday announced its 21st president: Summer Johnson McGee, the founding dean of the School […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Getty Images Offer Grants to Digitize HBCU Histories
Getty Images is partnering with the Getty Family and Stand Together to launch the inaugural Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs, for digitization of visual history of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The grants will commit $500,000 for digitization of two HBCU’s photo archives, including digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Black Law Professor Files Motion to Disqualify Campbell University’s Law Firm
Black law Professor Amos N. Jones is challenging his former employer – Campbell University’s lawyers– in Raleigh federal court, Your Black World reported. In the suit, Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, Jones claims Campbell’s law school sabotaged his academic career via discrimination, intimidation and retaliation over his last faculty semesters, later refusing to renew […]
June 14, 2021
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Kaiser Commits $1M to Community College Scholarships
The Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges has received a $1 million gift from Kaiser Permanente to create the Kaiser Permanente Colorado Equity Scholarship Fund. The gift will create a 15-year endowed scholarship fund to provide financial assistance to Colorado community college students who are African American, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Georgetown University Revokes Honorary Degree of Former Provost Following Sexual Abuse Allegations
Georgetown University has revoked the late Dr. J. Donald Freeze, S.J.’s honorary degree and all other university-sanctioned recognitions following allegations from a former student about Freeze’s sexual abuse behavior, according to a letter from Georgetown officials. Freeze was provost from 1979 to 1991 and was given an honorary degree 1991. The letter called Freeze’s behavior […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Rev. Marcus G. Halley Appointed Trinity College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life
Rev. Marcus G. Halley has been appointed Trinity College’s chaplain and dean of spiritual and religious life, effective Aug. 4. Halley has served since 2019 as dean of formation of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut and he also is priest-in-charge for the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit. In the past, he was missioner for […]
June 14, 2021
African-American
HBCU Leaders Urge Biden Administration to Select Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs Soon
As the White House continues to fill key leadership positions, the executive director position for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) remains noticeably vacant.
June 11, 2021
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer Signs Bills to Help Michigan Veterans, Families
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation last week that makes it easier for veterans and their families who are licensed professionals to continue their careers when they move to the state. Veterans, active-duty service members and their dependents with valid out-of-state professional licenses can get their licenses in Michigan under the new laws and the […]
June 11, 2021
African-American
Teenager Who Recorded Video of George Floyd’s Murder Wins Pulitzer Prize Citation
Darnella Frazier, the Minnesota teenager who recorded the 10-minute video of George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 murder, has won a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee, The New York Daily News reported. Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world, […]
June 11, 2021
Students
Baltimore Ravens Owner Donates $4 Million to Create Scholarship Program, Named After Former GM Ozzie Newsome
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has donated $4 million to create the Ozzie Newsome Scholars Program, in honor of former Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome. The money will be given to graduates of Baltimore City Public Schools s who choose to attend a Maryland historically Black college and university, The Root reported. The Stephen and […]
June 11, 2021
News Roundup
Education Secretary Cardona and NY Rep. Jamaal Brown to Visit Mercy College to Discuss Teacher Pipeline
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is scheduled to visit Mercy College’s Bronx Campus on Monday, June 14 to with to discuss improving the teacher pipeline, particularly for students of color, according to U.S. Education Department officials. He will be joined by New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman Other participants include Commissioner of Education and President of […]
June 11, 2021
LGBTQ+
Teaching New Voices: This Academic Librarian is Working to Make Children’s Books More Diverse
Amanda Melilli wants libraries to reflect the lives of their readers. An academic librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Melilli is the head of UNLV’s Teacher Development and Resources Library (TDRL), which supports the university’s College of Education as well as educators in the Las Vegas community. In the past decade, the […]
June 11, 2021
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Pentagon Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other top department officials took part in the Pentagon’s 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration last week. In his comments, Austin commemorated the progress the military had come in standing up for LGBTQ+ rights but recognized that there was still more work to be done in achieving equity. “Our […]
June 11, 2021
Veterans
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Three Bills Supporting Military Families and Veterans
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law three bills – to take effect July 1 – that would support military families and veterans, Bay News 9 reported. The first bill will allow public schools to have a “Purple Star Campus” designation if they meet certain requirements, such as training a staff member to be […]
June 11, 2021
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