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News Roundup
Ohio Waives Vets’ Teaching License Fees
The Ohio Department of Education has eliminated fees for teaching licenses for military veterans and for active-duty service members and their spouses.
June 29, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Ono Tapped as New President of University of British Columbia
Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leaving the University of Cincinnati to become president at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
June 28, 2016
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Advocates for Gun Control Call for Massive March in D.C.
In the wake of the gun massacre in Orlando, several civil rights and labor organizations are calling for a massive march in the nation’s capital later this summer to call attention to the issue of gun control.
June 28, 2016
African-American
The Horror in Orlando: And Black Lives Still Matter
As it is with most of the world community, I find the massacre that recently occurred in Orlando, Fla., to be extremely disturbing.
June 28, 2016
Students
Scholar: After Fisher, Schools Should Reassess Diversity Policies
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the use of race in college admissions, colleges and universities should assess their policies in a way that takes a more nuanced look at diversity, a higher education scholar said Tuesday.
June 28, 2016
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DENEESE L. JONES
DENEESE L. JONES has been appointed vice president for academic affairs at Trinity University. She was provost of Drake University. Jones received a bachelor’s from Texas Woman’s University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Texas A&M University.
June 28, 2016
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MARGARET WOODING BAKER
MARGARET WOODING BAKER has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of South Florida, effective August 22. She is associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Baker earned a bachelor’s from Russell Sage College in New York, a master’s from Otterbein College in Ohio and a doctorate from the University of Washington.
June 28, 2016
Other News
Research focuses on health needs of gays, lesbians
Researchers now have a broader understanding of the health disparities suffered by gay, lesbian and bisexual people. A recent study found that these groups are more likely to suffer psychological distress, heavy drinking and heavy cigarette smoking. The study, published in the American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine journal on Monday, sheds new light on such […]
June 28, 2016
Other News
Let them eat dirt! Our obsession with hygiene is jeopardizing our children’s health
It’s a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ones might contract, from autoimmune diseases like eczema or asthma to nut allergies, dairy intolerances, to behavioural disorders such as ADHD. But what if we could prevent early-onset health issues simply […]
June 28, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
The First Citywide Program to Get Black Women on PrEP Is Coming to Washington, D.C.
It’s been two years since Truvada, a drug that prevents HIV infection, got an enthusiastic seal of approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. Those two public-health juggernauts primarily recommended the daily pill, also known as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, for intravenous drug users and men who have […]
June 28, 2016
Students
$500 Tuition Could Apply to Elizabeth City State Students
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina lawmakers have re-included one historically black university in an experimental program to cut tuition to just $500 a semester for in-state students at some University of North Carolina campuses. House and Senate leaders announced Monday night as part of the two chambers’ budget compromise that tuition cuts for in-state students […]
June 28, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?
On the week of the disappointing coincidence of the Brexit vote and the Supreme Court decision to block DACA, I happened to be performing my one-man show on Asian American history in New York City.
June 27, 2016
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LAWRENCE A. Q. BURNLEY
LAWRENCE A. Q. BURNLEY has been named vice president for diversity and inclusion at the University of Dayton. He is associate vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and an assistant professor of history at Whitworth University in Washington. Burnley earned a bachelor’s from the University of Cincinnati, a master’s from the Christian Theological Seminary in Indiana and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
June 27, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Bridging the Generational Gap to Understand Shifts in Meaning of Gender
College administrators and faculty need to bridge the generational gap between students in order to fully understand how students today view the meaning of gender.
June 27, 2016
African-American
Randolph Dedicates Career to ‘Discovering’ Florynce Kennedy
The course of Dr. Sherie M. Randolph’s career completely changed when she discovered Flo Kennedy, whose life she chronicles in a book two decades in the making.
June 27, 2016
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Fishing for Funding
Exploring best practices in donor cultivation, alumni relations.
June 27, 2016
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VERONICA COHEN
VERONICA COHEN has been appointed associate vice president for major and planned gifts at Claflin University. She was vice president of university advancement at Mississippi Valley State University. Cohen earned a bachelor’s from Saint Augustine’s University and a master’s from Springfield College.
June 27, 2016
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PATRICIA PIERCE RAMSEY
PATRICIA PIERCE RAMSEY has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University, effective July 1. She is a professor and chair of the Department of Natural Sciences at Bowie State University. Ramsey earned a bachelor’s from Norfolk State University, a master’s from Howard University, a master’s from Harvard University and a doctorate from Georgetown University.
June 27, 2016
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