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TRICIA Y. PAIK

TRICIA Y. PAIK was named the Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, effective November 30. She has been serving as the curator of contemporary art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Paik earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

October 19, 2016

JAMILLAH MOORE

JAMILLAH MOORE has been appointed president of Cañada College in California. She had been serving as interim vice chancellor of educational services and planning for the San Mateo County Community College District. Moore holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from California State University, Sacramento, and a doctorate from the University of San Francisco.

October 19, 2016

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GEORGE JOHNSON JR.

GEORGE JOHNSON JR. has been named assistant vice president for communications and marketing at Claflin University. He was director of integrated marketing and public relations at Oakwood University in Alabama. Johnson earned a bachelor’s from Washington Adventist University in Maryland.

October 19, 2016

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MINDY T. FULLILOVE

MINDY T. FULLILOVE has been appointed a professor of urban policy and health at The New School in New York City. She was a professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and psychiatry at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Fullilove earned a bachelor’s from Bryn Mawr College, and a master’s and an M.D. from Columbia University.

October 19, 2016

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VIJAY PENDAKUR

VIJAY PENDAKUR has been named dean of students at Cornell University, effective January 3. He is associate vice president for the Division of Student Affairs at California State University, Fullerton. Pendakur earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master’s from the University of California, San Diego and a doctorate from DePaul University.

October 19, 2016

GWENDOLYN GASTON

GWENDOLYN GASTON has been named dean of nursing at Dallas Nursing Institute. She was director of nursing for the institution’s Associate Degree of Nursing Programs. Gaston holds an associate from Kings County School of Nursing (Brooklyn College of CUNY), and a bachleor’s and a master’s from the University of Phoenix.

October 19, 2016

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JUDY MITCHELL

JUDY MITCHELL has been named president of Joliet Junior College. She has been serving as interim president. Mitchell earned an associate from Joliet Junior College, a bachelor’s and an MBA from Governors State University in Illinois, and a doctorate from National Louis University in Chicago.

October 19, 2016

Duty Bound

Exploring best practices in serving active duty, retired service members in higher ed.

October 19, 2016

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Courtney McAnuff Steers Rutgers’ Commitment to Diversity

Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management at Rutgers University, helped create the Future Scholars program and other pathways for diverse populations.

October 18, 2016

Study Shows Computer Science Gap Begins Early

Black students are less likely than White students to have computer science courses in middle or high school — 47 versus 58 percent, a new study released Tuesday shows.

October 18, 2016

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Freshman Year Doesn’t Have to be Stressful

I don’t think that I had any bouts with stress while I was in college. Of course, the word “stress” wasn’t hot during the 1960s.

October 18, 2016

University of Maine Creates Stephen King Chair in Literature

ORONO, Maine ― The University of Maine is creating the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature in honor of one of its most famous graduates. The university is collecting applications from English professors to fill the position now. The appointment is set to begin in August and is a five-year, renewable term. The university says […]

October 18, 2016

Washington University Stops Intubation Training Using Cats

ST. LOUIS ― Washington University in St. Louis said Monday that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies’ throats, effectively ending the practice in the U.S., according to a medical ethics group. The university’s School of Medicine said in a statement that after a “significant […]

October 18, 2016

Tennessee State University Raising Admissions Standards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Tennessee State University is planning to raise admissions standards for the next incoming class in an effort to draw higher-performing students who will have a greater likelihood to graduate. WPLN-FM reports the historically Black university in Nashville has the lowest average freshman ACT scores and graduation rates among the state’s public universities. […]

October 18, 2016

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Suspended at Missouri University S&T

ROLLA, Mo. ― The Missouri University of Science and Technology has suspended the small Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and is making students move out of the fraternity house after two new members were hospitalized. The students were injured Thursday during an event at the fraternity house in Rolla, university spokesman Andrew Careaga said, adding that […]

October 18, 2016

San Francisco State University Slams Posters Attacking Professor

SAN FRANCISCO ― San Francisco State University officials are condemning posters accusing a professor specializing in Palestinian studies of collaborating with terrorists. The posters by the David Horowitz Freedom Center single out an ethnic studies associate professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. University President Les Wong sent a campus-wide email Friday […]

October 18, 2016

Nike Co-founder Phil Knight Pledges $500M to University of Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife have pledged $500 million to the University of Oregon toward a new scientific research facility. The Register-Guard reports that the donation is the largest ever awarded to UO and is meant to launch a $1 billion, 10-year effort to build a three-building complex and add […]

October 18, 2016

Bill to Protect For-Profit Students Should be Retroactive

During this year’s legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill to increase oversight of Maryland’s for-profit colleges. The bill didn’t just create tougher standards for for-profit schools, it also established a guaranty fund meant to reimburse Marylanders who were attending colleges that closed. But because it didn’t go into effect until Oct. 1, […]

October 18, 2016