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African-American

Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment

Only 31 percent of Black high school graduates in California took the sequence of coursework required to apply for a four-year public university in California in 2013.

June 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

A ­Chinese exchange program provides African-American males at The Ohio State University with the opportunity to travel abroad.

June 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CLIFTON SANDERS

CLIFTON SANDERS has been appointed provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. Sanders was most recently interim provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. He earned a bachelor’s from Hamline University and a doctorate from The University of Utah.

June 5, 2015

Students

NCCU Jazz Studies Program Declared Safe

News organizations misinterpreted a move by the UNC Board of Governors allowing realignment of music concentrations at North Carolina Central University as bringing an end to the celebrated Jazz education program.

June 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

The Music Lives On

With the death of B.B. King, “the blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend,” President Barack Obama said in a letter read at the famed guitarist’s funeral on Saturday, May 30, in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi. King, the son of sharecroppers, died on May 14 at the age of 89, leaving a rich legacy as an innovator and hard-working performer.

June 1, 2015

Sports

In Case You Missed It

Princeton Takes Major Step Forward in African-American Studies NISOD Emphasizes Educational Lessons Grounded in Ferguson Black College Coaches Unite to Boost Diversity in Hiring  NCORE a Safe Space for All

May 29, 2015

African-American

September Trial Date Set for U.Va. Student in Bloody Arrest

A September trial date has been set for a University of Virginia student whose bloody arrest outside a bar sparked a public uproar.

May 28, 2015

Faculty & Staff

N.C. Central University Facing 3 Discrimination Suits

NCCU denied the validity of claims in three lawsuits filed against it that accuse Chancellor Debra Saunders-White of discriminating against non-African-American employees.

May 27, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Former S.C. State Board Chairman Gets 5-year Sentence

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Jonathan Pinson, former board chairman of the South Carolina State University, was sentenced this week to five years in prison for skimming money and receiving kickbacks from several projects. Pinson, a Greenville businessman, also must pay restitution in the amount of $337,843.05 and is subject to five years’ supervision after his release. […]

May 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Gilbert Named Chairman of UF Computer Science & Engineering

One of the first hires under the University of Florida’s Preeminence Initiative less than a year ago, Dr. Juan Gilbert has been named chairman of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering.

May 21, 2015

Students

Coppin State University Names First Female President

Dr. Evelyn Maria Thompson, who has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY at Oneonta since 2011, will be Coppin State University’s first female president.

May 20, 2015

African-American

Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home

On Saturday, Michelle Obama became the second first lady to visit Tuskegee University and, like Roosevelt, she used the opportunity to train a national spotlight on the issue of race.

May 10, 2015