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Focusing on First-Generation Students in College Admissions

To my fellow selective college admissions deans, I am asking for a mindset shift. We must stop being receivers of applications. We started in this work as admissions counselors, taught to counsel students to find the right path. Somewhere along the way to our seats at the top, we got complacent. We got comfortable. It didn’t happen overnight, but it happened. We stopped counseling and started receiving.

December 9, 2020

HUB BROWN

HUB BROWN has been appointed dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. He is currently associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity and an associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Brown earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

December 9, 2020

GLORIA JOHNSON-CUSACK

GLORIA JOHNSON-CUSACK has been named senior advisor to the president at Florida International University. Currently chair of the board of trustees of the Firelight Foundation and a part-time lecturer at Columbia University in New York City, Johnson-Cusack holds a bachelor’s in political science and African studies from Columbia and a master’s in executive management from American University.

December 9, 2020

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SAMBA DIENG

SAMBA DIENG has been named senior internationalization officer and executive director of international programs at Louisiana State University. Most recently the director of International Students and Scholars at Lehigh University, Dieng holds a bachelor’s from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and a master’s in political science and international relations from Indiana State University.

December 9, 2020

LISETTE GARCIA

LISETTE GARCIA has been appointed assistant vice president of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Pennsylvania State University. Most recently executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, Garcia holds a double bachelor’s in sociology and labor and industrial relations from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in sociology from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in sociology from The Ohio State University.

December 9, 2020

NATHANIEL JONES III

NATHANIEL JONES III has been appointed president of the College of Alameda in California, part of the Peralta Community College District. Most recently vice president for business services at Moreno Valley College of the Riverside Community College District in California, Jones holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and a Ph.D. in health policy from the University of Maryland.

December 9, 2020

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CEDRIC T. WINS

CEDRIC T. WINS has been named interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute, the nation’s oldest state-funded military college. He is the first Black male leader of the college in its 181-year history. A retired Army Major General, Wins graduated from the school in 1985 with a bachelor’s in economics. He holds a master’s in management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a master’s in national security and strategic studies from the National War College.

December 9, 2020

RICHARD YAO

RICHARD YAO has been named interim president at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). Currently CSUCI’s vice president for student affairs, Yao, a Chinese Filipino American, is the first person of color to lead the campus. A licensed clinical psychologist, Yao previously served as a senior lecturer in psychology at Nevada State College and was the first dean of students at Nevada State.

December 9, 2020

DONNA KOTSOPOULOS

DONNA KOTSOPOULOS has been appointed dean of the faculty of education at Western University in Canada. Currently a professor at Huron University College and secretary general for the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada, Kotsopoulos holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and education from York University as well as a M.Ed. and a Ph.D. in educational studies from Western University.

December 9, 2020

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Dr. Juliana Mosley Shares Her Journey Through Academia

Dr. Juliana Mosley considers herself an “educator through and through.” Her career began in the Houston Independent School District, where she worked as a high school teacher, while juggling teaching night classes at a local community college.

December 9, 2020

Former Eastern Michigan University Student Sues Professor for Sexual Harassment

A 65-year-old Eastern Michigan University professor is being sued by a student for sexual harassment, Click on Detroit reported. The lawsuit demands monetary damages and the firing of the professor. “I’m still trying to get over it, because as I said, I trusted him,” said former EMU student Destiny Hayes. Hayes allegedly emailed the professor […]

December 9, 2020

Eastern Michigan University

Hampton University to Give Pay Raises and End-of-Year Bonuses

Hampton University will be giving all faculty and staff a 2% pay raise – effective Jan. 1 – and a $200 end-of-year bonus as a show of gratitude, WAVY reported. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the school said annual raises were not possible. But raises are now an option due to gifts. “I want to […]

December 9, 2020

Hampton University

Native Americans

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Donates $14 Million to Claremont Graduate University for Health Studies Center

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has donated $14 million to Claremont Graduate University for a research center focusing on physical and mental-health challenges in underserved and tribal communities, Daily Bulletin reported. The Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies will be housed in the Huntley Bookstore on the Claremont Colleges’ campus. The $14 million will […]

December 9, 2020

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MADELINE PUMARIEGA

MADELINE PUMARIEGA has been named president of Miami-Dade College (MDC), the country’s largest community college. Executive vice president and provost at Tallahassee Community College, Pumariega was previously chancellor of MDC. She holds a bachelor’s from St. Thomas University, a master’s from Florida Atlantic University and is currently a doctoral candidate at Barry University.

December 9, 2020

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RHEA BALLARD-THROWER

RHEA BALLARD-THROWER has been named university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Illinois Chicago. Currently the executive director of the Howard University Library System and a tenured professor at Howard’s law school, she holds a master of library and information science degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the University of Kentucky.

December 9, 2020

African-American

SACSCOC Lifts Benedict College’s Probation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) announced Tuesday that Benedict College’s probation status has been lifted after being put on probation due to financial concerns. Benedict College is in compliance with all financial accrediting standards, according to college officials. President Roslyn Clark Artis said that the school has also increased […]

December 9, 2020

Benedict College

GUIYOU HUANG

GUIYOU HUANG has been appointed president of Western Illinois University. Most recently president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and previously a chancellor in the Louisiana State University system, Huang holds honorary professorships at a number of international institutions as well as certificates in Management and Leadership in Education and Institute for Educational Management from Harvard.

December 9, 2020

SIQI ZHENG

SIQI ZHENG has been appointed faculty director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate. The Samuel Tak Lee Professor of Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, Zheng was previously the director of the Hang Lung Center for Real Estate at Tsinghua University in China, where she earned her Ph.D. in urban development and real estate. She did post-doc research at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

December 9, 2020