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MAURICE GIPSON

MAURICE GIPSON has been appointed as the first cabinet-level chief diversity officer for Arkansas State University. Gipson served as an assistant vice chancellor for diversity for the past three years. He earned his juris doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge and his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University. He is currently working on a Ph.D. at the University of Memphis.

February 21, 2018

SHARON REID

SHARON REID has been named director of the Office of Internships and Experiential Learning at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She previously served as assistant director of career services at the New School. She earned an Ed.M. and an M.A. from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from New York University.

February 21, 2018

DOROTHY BROWNE

DOROTHY BROWNE has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs and student affairs at Bennett College. She is a graduate of Bennett College. She holds a master of social work degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a master of public health degree and a doctorate of public health from Harvard University.

February 21, 2018

SABRINA MADISON-CANNON

SABRINA MADISON-CANNON will be the next dean of the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon. She has been serving as a professor of dance and associate dean of academic and faculty affairs in the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Madison-Cannon earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Iowa.

February 21, 2018

CHARLES L. GREENE II

CHARLES L. GREENE II has been named Mount Holyoke College’s next vice president for communications and marketing. Greene graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in government and earned an M.B.A. from Boston College’s Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management.

February 21, 2018

DENEIA THOMAS

DENEIA THOMAS has been named the chief of staff of West Virginia State University. She previously served as the associate provost and vice president for institutional effectiveness and professor of psychology at Kentucky State University. Thomas earned a doctorate, an education specialist degree in school psychology and a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky and a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky State University.

February 21, 2018

SHANTAY N. BOLTON

SHANTAY N. BOLTON , associate vice president for human resources at Tulane University, has been named vice president for human resources. She received a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s in counseling psychology from Alabama A&M University. She received a Ph.D. from Walden University and an MBA from Florida International University.

February 21, 2018

LISA YEH

LISA YEH has been appointed vice president for development at Barnard College. She previously served for the past 11 years as vice dean of external relations and development at Columbia Business School. Yeh holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State Universityand an MBA from St. Mary’s University.

February 21, 2018

School Gets $15M for New Medical Building

Intermountain Healthcare has donated $15 million to the University of Utah to pay for building a new medical education building. The new building will replace the 52-year-old School of Medicine building on the Salt Lake City campus. Construction is expected to begin in 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in 2022. University officials say […]

February 21, 2018

School: Full Scholarships for Slain Officer’s Kids

WESTERVILLE, Ohio – An Ohio university has offered full four-year scholarships to the children of a police officer fatally shot while responding to a 911 hang-up call. A representative from Otterbein University announced the scholarships to all three of Officer Eric Joering’s daughters during a Westerville City Council meeting Tuesday evening. Council members voted unanimously […]

February 21, 2018

Renowned Evangelist Billy Graham Dies at 99

MONTREAT, N.C. – The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina on […]

February 21, 2018

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Mixed-Race Students Need Support

Several years ago, when I was a graduate student and staff member at the University of Washington, I attended a Black Lives Matter rally and march on campus. When it was time for the march to begin, the organizers asked the crowd to split into two groups.

February 20, 2018

Health Care Foot Soldier Dedicates Life to Equity

When Dr. Robert Smith was growing up in his hometown of Jackson, Miss., it was hard for most of the state’s residents to get high-quality health care. For poor Blacks, it was even harder.

February 20, 2018

Whitfield-Harris Pushes for Diversity in Nursing

Studying public health as a college student, Dr. Lisa Whitfield-Harris was hesitant to expand her career to higher education, a field that required her to do more public speaking than she was used to.

February 20, 2018

Holy Mortarboard! ‘Batman” Star is Graduation Speaker

KENT, Ohio — Actor Michael Keaton is slated to give the commencement address at Ohio’s Kent State University. Keaton enrolled at Kent State in 1971, intending to major in journalism and speech. He left school to pursue acting, landing appearances on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” ”Maude” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” His range of hit […]

February 20, 2018

2 Colleges Probing White Supremacist Signs

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Officials at the University of Vermont and St. Michael’s College say they are investigating white supremacist signs and stickers that are being posted around the colleges’ campuses.The University of Vermont said last week that signs defending white privilege were posted in a campus display managed by its Mosaic Center for Students of […]

February 20, 2018

Bullying, Offensive Costume Help Land President on Leave

ALAMOSA, Colo. — The president of a university in Colorado has been placed on leave amid accusations she bullied faculty and staff, failed to improve declining student enrollment and mocked workers with an offensive Halloween costume. The Denver Post reports Adams State University President Beverlee J. McClure was placed on leave last week after photos […]

February 20, 2018

Giving Up on D.C.

As a young Washingtonian, Edward Doxen watched his uncle become the first person in his family to attend college. Although unsure of his own future, he knew he wanted to give back to his community and continuously set himself, and others, up for success. Years later, with the encouragement of his teachers and advisors, Edward […]

February 20, 2018

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