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Veterans
University of Maryland Receives $2 Million to Launch Business Outreach Center for Veterans
The University of Maryland has been given a five-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to launch the Mid-Atlantic Veterans Business Outreach Center, a center for training, consulting and assistance for military veteran entrepreneurs and veteran-owned small businesses. UMD Chief Innovation Officer Julie Lenzer will lead the center, which will work […]
June 11, 2021
Students
Discover This Year’s Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs
Now in its 8th year, Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs (PPWSA) is a national recognition that celebrates student affairs workplaces that are vibrant, diverse, supportive and committed to staff work-life balance, professional development and inclusive excellence. PPWSA offers institutional leaders information that can be used to improve practices across their student affairs community, while also serving as a useful tool for employers, career services staff and job-seekers across the country.
June 11, 2021
Community Colleges
San Diego City College Humanities Building Renamed After Retiring Chancellor
The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees has voted to name San Diego City College’s Arts and Humanities building after retiring Chancellor Dr. Constance M. Carroll, honoring her work over 17 years. The building will be located on City College’s downtown San Diego campus. The board also voted to grant Carroll the title […]
June 11, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. M. Brian Blake Selected as Finalist for Georgia State University Presidency
Dr. M. Brian Blake has been selected as the finalist for president of Georgia State University, a role which would make him the first Black person to hold it, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Blake is currently provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University. Previously, he served in administrative roles […]
June 11, 2021
Students
Higher Ed Enrollment Experiences Steep Fall in Spring 2021, Community Colleges Suffering Brunt
Higher ed enrollment suffered massive decline for the spring 2021 academic term, falling by 3.5% – 603,000 students, according to a new report by The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC).
June 10, 2021
News Roundup
Erroneous Email Prompts Investigation at Lamar Institute of Technology
An early morning email was sent out to thousands of individuals claiming that in honor of Pride Month, Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) President Dr. Lonnie L. Howard had decided to publicly come out a gay. “It’s liberating,” the official school announcement read, claiming to quote Howard, who heads the largest two-year college in Southeast […]
June 10, 2021
African-American
Colleges and Universities Prepare for Juneteenth, Still a Nationally Unrecognized Holiday
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and a bipartisan senate commission is leading the latest push to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Renewed attention to the day came last year after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and a nationwide galvanizing of Black Lives Matter protests.
June 10, 2021
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SANTANU BANDYOPADHYAY
SANTANU BANDYOPADHYAY has been appointed president of Modesto Junior College. Currently the interim president at the institution, Bandyopadhyay was previously president of Columbia College and has held administrative positions at Cypress College, Zane State College and Ohio University. He holds a Ph.D. in higher education and a master’s in business administration from Ohio University.
June 10, 2021
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TERRI GOSS KINZY
TERRI GOSS KINZY has been named president of Illinois State University. Currently vice president for research and innovation at Western Michigan University, she holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular genetics at Carnegie Mellon University.
June 10, 2021
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JOSÉ LUIS ALVARADO
JOSÉ LUIS ALVARADO has been named dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. Alvarado has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cal State Los Angeles, the founding dean of the College of Education at California State University Monterey Bay and associate dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University. He holds a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Virginia.
June 10, 2021
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HARI M. OSOFSKY
HARI M. OSOFSKY has been named Myra and James Bradwell Professor and dean of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Osofsky is currently the dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs, Osofsky is also Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography at Penn State. She holds a law degree from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Oregon.
June 10, 2021
News Roundup
Former Penn State President Begins Serving Two-Month Jail Sentence
Former Penn State President Dr. Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment related to the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, 6 ABC reported. According to an online inmate locator, Spanier is in custody at Centre County Correctional Facility. Spanier was charged in 2012 and convicted in […]
June 10, 2021
News Roundup
Two Former Indiana Politicians Hired as Distinguished Scholars at Indiana University
Former Indiana politicians Evan Bayh and Dan Coats — IU alumni and former U.S. Senators — will be hired at Indiana University, the school announced Wednesday, Indy Star reported. Bayh, a Democrat, will join the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs as executive at large. Coats, a Republican, will join the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies as […]
June 10, 2021
African-American
Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Donate $1 Million to School for Policing Center
Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to the school for a new center on policing, CNN reported. The Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform – pending approval by Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Education – will “build relationships and share data with policing agencies as well as use […]
June 10, 2021
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BATTINTO BATTS JR.
BATTINTO BATTS JR. has been appointed dean of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Batts is an experienced crime reporter, lecturer, philanthropist, strategic communications professional, higher ed administrator and nonprofit leader. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, a master’s degree in media management from Norfolk State University and a doctorate in higher education management from Hampton University.
June 10, 2021
News Roundup
Legislators Introduce BASIC Act to Help Students Meet Most Basic Needs
A group of legislators introduced legislation on Thursday that could help students meet their most basic needs — such as food, housing, child care and transportation — while pursuing an education. Named the BASIC act, the bill proposes an investment of $1 billion in grants that would help education institutions fulfill their students’ “most fundamental […]
June 10, 2021
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JAMIE BOGGS
JAMIE BOGGS has been named vice president of athletics at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2019, she has served as interim director of athletics at the Grand Canyon. She previously served as the deputy athletic director/senior woman administrator at the institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego and a law degree from the University of Arizona.
June 10, 2021
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NADIA BROWN
NADIA BROWN has been appointed director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, where Brown will also be a professor in the Department of Government with an affiliate appointment in the Department of African American Studies. Brown most recently was associate professor of political science and African American studies at Purdue University. Brown holds a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University.
June 10, 2021
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