Tag: Diversity: Page 215

Faculty & Staff

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS

TOMAS GOMEZ-ARIAS has been appointed chief diversity officer of Saint Mary’s College of California. He is a professor, chair of the marketing department and director of the M.S. in Business Analytics Program at Saint Mary’s. He earned a bachelor’s from the University of Leon in Spain, an MBA from Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Leon.

December 16, 2015

Students

IVAN L. HARRELL II

IVAN L. HARRELL II has been appointed executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. He was vice president of student success at Lone Star College. Harrell earned a bachelor’s from Wittenberg University, a master’s from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate from Florida State University.

December 16, 2015

Leadership & Policy

WVSU President Brian Hemphill Named President of Radford

RADFORD, Va. ― West Virginia State University President Brian O. Hemphill has been named president of Radford University. Radford’s Board of Visitors announced Hemphill’s appointment on Wednesday in a news release. Hemphill will succeed Penelope Kyle, who is retiring. Hemphill’s appointment is effective July 1, 2016. He has served as West Virginia State’s president since […]

December 16, 2015

Students

The Silent Minority: Hmong Women in Higher Education

Despite a history lacking a value on education for women, today Hmong women are actively pursuing degrees in higher education.

December 15, 2015

Students

Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’

In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.

December 14, 2015

African-American

The Supreme Court’s rehash of Fisher and Affirmative Action

Scalia revival of “mismatch” idea gets most of the headlines.

December 13, 2015

African-American

A Crisis in Black Leadership? : Let Us Call a Spade a Spade

For many, me included, it is time that we as Black people in America critically examine the effectiveness of the leadership that we are providing to empower ourselves and other Black people in the Diaspora.

December 13, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Eddinger Guides Through Stellar Leadership, Mentorship at Bunker Hill

Dr. Pam Eddinger leads Bunker Hill Community College through mentorship, commitment and strong values.

December 13, 2015

MSIs

In Case You Missed It…

Terrorist Fear Emerges as Biggest Threat to Diversity on Campus and Our Nation Scalia’s ‘Mismatch Theory’ a Foe to Diversity, Inclusion Raising Consciousness for the Future of Higher Education Studies Show MSIs Best Value in Higher Education

December 10, 2015

Students

Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award

ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]

December 10, 2015

Students

No Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat Party

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]

December 10, 2015

African-American

Man sues College of Charleston Citing Racial Discrimination

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― An employee at the College of Charleston has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to respond to complaints that his supervisor used the N-word and drew a racially insensitive picture of a black man while on the job. The Post and Courier reports Frederick Fortner, a Black man, […]

December 10, 2015