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Leadership & Policy

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In U.S., Black Men Still in Fight for Citizenship Experts: Board Trustees Need to Keep Closer Eye on Money HBCUs in South Make Confederate Memorial Day a Teachable Moment The Problem with Bruce Jenner as Trans Poster Boy

May 1, 2015

Students

N.C. Central Law School Awarded $250K Professorship

The North Carolina Central University School of Law has received a $250,000 gift from John D. Fassett, attorney and former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk at the time of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. The gift will assist the School of Law in creating an endowed professorship for a faculty member who […]

April 27, 2015

African-American

In U.S., Black Men Still in Fight for Citizenship

This past weekend, the city of Baltimore became a protesting ground. The message was the same as it has been around the country in recent months: Black lives matter.

April 26, 2015

African-American

Founder of African Center Takes On Boston University Over its Closure

Tension is mounting in a dispute over the pending closure of a Boston University multicultural center, pitting university officials against the initiative’s founder.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA has been appointed dean of the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, effective July 15. She was chair of the department of African and African-American studies, a professor of English and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College. Gerzina earned a bachelor’s from Marlboro College, a master’s from Simmons College and a doctorate from Stanford University.

April 20, 2015

African-American

NCA Honors Former President Taylor

The National Communication Association has established an award in honor of Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, its 85th president and first African-American to serve in that capacity.

April 14, 2015

Students

Diversity Chief Says He Faced Discrimination as Student at University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma’s new chief of diversity programs says he knows why he’s the right fit for the job after a racist video roiled the school last month.

April 12, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University

As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.

April 6, 2015

Students

Frat Suspends Clemson Students Over Racially Charged Party

Clemson University put the school’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on probation for two years after the group held a “Cripmas” party last December that had students dressed like gang members, according to a statement released Monday.

April 6, 2015

Students

RHONDA TRACY

RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.

April 6, 2015

Students

Racism a Lingering Problem Among Collegiate Millennials

Kayla Tarrant loves the University of Maryland. But the campus tour guide says a racist email and photo attributed to her schoolmates makes her reluctant to encourage other black students to enroll “in a place where you feel unsafe and no one cares about you.”

April 5, 2015

Students

Tiger Woods Donates $10K to UMES for Golf Scholarship

Tiger Woods is donating $10,000 to the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, helping the university create a scholarship in the name of trailblazing golfer Charlie Sifford.

March 26, 2015