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Faculty & Staff

University of Missouri Faculty Suggest Revoking Cosby Degree

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri Faculty Council has voted to recommend rescind an honorary doctorate given to Bill Cosby. The Columbia Missourian reports the council, which is made up of elected representatives of campus faculty, voted Nov. 5 to take back Cosby’s honorary doctorate in humane letters. Ben Trachtenberg, chair of the Faculty […]

December 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JULIE WOLLMAN

JULIE WOLLMAN has been appointed president of Widener University, effective Jan. 19. She is president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Wollman earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from New York University.

December 2, 2015

Students

Muslim Students Seek Permanent Prayer Space at Iowa Colleges

by Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Muslim students at Iowa’s three public universities are seeking permanent spaces for daily and weekly religious observances. Motier Haskins, faculty adviser to the University of Iowa’s Muslim Student Association, says he’s scheduled to meet this week with the school’s vice president for student life to again discuss a […]

November 30, 2015

Faculty & Staff

White Boys’ Club? White Faculty Still Dominates in National Stats

Numbers buttress student protestors’ diversity demands.

November 29, 2015

Students

A Lesson in Isolation: Being Hopi in Higher Education

I find it difficult to play the token Indian, to be one of the few Native role models and the one voice that fights for the development of programming that meets the needs of our Native students and local tribal communities.

November 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Brown University Announces $100M Plan on Racism, Diversity

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University says it plans to spend $100 million over the next decade to address diversity and racism on the campus. Brown President Christina Paxson unveiled the 19-page draft action plan and thanked students who have called attention in recent months to issues of injustice at the Ivy League school. The Providence […]

November 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Portraits of Black Faculty Members Defaced at Harvard Law

BOSTON ― Harvard Law School says portraits of Black faculty members have been defaced a day after a campus rally for Black students. Several portraits were discovered Thursday with black strips of tape placed diagonally over the Black faculty members’ faces. The portraits were on the first floor of Wasserstein Hall, which houses two hallways […]

November 19, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator

by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Jacobs ‘Four Arrows’ Educates on Plight of Native Americans

When it comes to promoting education, Dr. Don Trent Jacobs — most commonly known as “Four Arrows” — favors unconventional pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning.

November 16, 2015

Students

Southern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial Issues

CLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]

November 13, 2015

Students

In Case You Missed It…

Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

November 12, 2015