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Faculty & Staff

2 University of Iowa Student Groups Say They Have Lost Faith in Regents

University of Iowa students are joining the faculty in issuing votes of no-confidence in the school’s governing board, days after the hiring of a president with little campus support or higher education experience.

September 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Relevancy? A Glance at U.S. Demographics Provides Answer

Not a week goes by where those of us in the HBCU community are confronted with the question of the continued relevancy of HBCUs.

September 9, 2015

Students

MARION GILLIS-OLION

MARION GILLIS-OLION has been named dean of the School of Education at Fayetteville State University (FSU). She was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, SACS liaison, and director of self-study at FSU. Gillis-Olion earned a bachelor’s from Kean University (formerly Newark State College), and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

September 9, 2015

Students

MARCUS A. WHITEHURST

MARCUS A. WHITEHURST has been named vice provost for educational equity at Pennsylvania State University. He was interim vice provost for educational equity at Penn State. Whitehurst holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Binghamton University, State University of New York, and a master’s and a doctorate from Penn State.

September 9, 2015

Students

Couple Donates $20M to Notre Dame to Aid Low-income Students

A New Jersey couple has donated $20 million to the University of Notre Dame to help low-income students pay tuition and other expenses.

September 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Iowa Faculty Leader Warned Regents About Choosing Harreld

The University of Iowa’s governing board was issued a stern warning that selecting Bruce Harreld as the next school president would badly damage its relationship with the faculty.

September 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Some Purdue Students Oppose Name Change for Tech College

Purdue University senior Austin Haberly doesn’t want Purdue Polytechnic Institute on his degree.

September 7, 2015

Students

Expert: Don’t Get Bogged Down in ‘Hiring Funnel’

Despite the growing number of websites designed to connect college graduates to jobs, job seekers should focus on alternative ways to get in contact with the people who hire and fire.

September 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Venus Williams Earns B.S. Degree

Tennis superstar Venus Williams, currently focusing on her game this week at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, recently added another achievement to her resume: a Bachelor of Science degree.

September 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Rejuvenated ASALH Gearing Up for Centennial Commemoration

More than 1,500 participants will travel to Atlanta later this month to commemorate the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s centennial during a four-day annual meeting and conference.

September 2, 2015

Students

Higher Ed Community Mourns Loss of ‘Hero to Many’

Higher education administrators are mourning the loss of one of their veteran colleagues — Dr. James A. Hefner — who blazed an admirable trail in nearly half a century of service as provost of two institutions, president of two universities and adviser to scores of colleagues along the way.

September 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

3 HBCU Nursing Programs Ranked in Top 15 in Eastern Region

Three historically Black colleges and universities have had their nursing programs ranked among the top 15 in the Eastern region of the United States.

August 30, 2015