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Howard President Responds to Students’ Demands

In an effort to address the student demands raised during the Sept. 4 protest , President Sidney A. Ribeau and Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alvin Thornton sat down with The Hilltop to go through each presented demand.

September 10, 2009

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Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall

Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]

August 5, 2009

Students

Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall

Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]

August 5, 2009

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Professional Appoitments

DR. M. CHRISTOPHER BROWN II has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Fisk University. He previously served as dean at the University of Nevada’s College of Education. Brown earned a bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. LEANDRA HAYES-THOMAS […]

July 8, 2009

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Chief Diversity Officers: Different Models for Success

“Someone once told me diversity work wasn’t rocket science. If only it was that easy.”

February 9, 2009

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Professional Appointments

DR. MARILYN SANDERS MOBLEY has been named the first Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio). Previously, she was the provost at Bennett College for Women. Mobley earned a bachelor’s from Barnard College, a master’s from New York University and a doctorate from Case Western Reserve. DR. MIRON […]

January 7, 2009

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University of Arizona Club Ties Students, Heritage

Tohono O’odham students on the University of Arizona campus are making themselves known by starting their own club.

November 18, 2008

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Multicultural Competence: Diversity Training From Within

When I read the article titled “When Diversity Training Goes Awry” in Diverse’s Jan. 24, 2008 edition, I was once again reminded that my own experiences and observations of diversity work in colleges have often had a similar outcome.

October 29, 2008

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Jack Scott, a Democratic California state senator, has been named chancellor of the California Community College System. Currently, he serves as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and will assume his new post in January 2009. Scott holds a bachelor’s from Abilene Christian College, a master’s from Yale University and a doctorate from Claremont […]

June 25, 2008

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Speaking of Student Retention

Fresh off a speaking engagement at the National Dialog on Student Retention Conference, a one-and-a-half-day conference held in Atlanta, Dr. Rodrick Moore, director of multicultural student affairs at the University of South Carolina, discusses the unique retention challenges minority students face in today’s college climate and shares key strategies for retaining this growing group of students.

June 12, 2008

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Canada To Apologize For Past Abuses of Native Children

Canada will apologize for a policy that forced native children into boarding schools in an effort over a century ago to “civilize” and assimilate the nation’s indigenous population into mainstream culture and religion, the Los Angeles Times recently reported.

June 10, 2008

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N.J. Investigating Why Camden Students Made to Eat on Floor

State Education Department officials are investigating how 15 Hispanic elementary students were punished in Camden.

April 7, 2008