Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 53

Students

UNC-Chapel Hill Strips Name of KKK Member Off Building

The Board of Trustees said the “university made an error” in considering William Lawrence Saunders’ KKK ties as a reason to rename the building after him.

May 28, 2015

Students

A Question of Fairness at Heart of Lawsuit Against Harvard

A recent lawsuit alleges that Harvard University’s admissions process discriminates against Asian Americans.

May 28, 2015

Students

Tallahassee Community College

Tallahassee Community College Chief Executive Officer Tallahassee, FL Dr. Jim Murdaugh Founded in 1966 President http://www.tcc.fl.edu Located just miles from the state capitol, Tallahassee Community College (TCC) was founded in 1966. In addition to its main campus in Tallahassee, TCC has service centers in Gadsen and Wakulla counties as well as in downtown Tallahassee. TCC […]

May 21, 2015

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May 7, 2015

Latinx

Students Challenge Columbia University’s Alleged Limiting Use of Spanish

According to a petition circulating among the Columbia University community, dining service workers are forbidden from speaking in Spanish and were forced to eat their meals in a closet during their breaks for multiple months.

April 27, 2015

African-American

Welcome!

The Diverse team looks forward to playing host today to Dr. William “Smitty” Smith, founding executive director of the National Center for Race Amity. Smith’s organization, based at Wheelock College in Boston, promotes racial understanding through education, theater and dialogue.

April 22, 2015

African-American

Value of Postsecondary Degree Higher Among Blacks and Hispanics

A recent study by the Gallup-Lumina Foundation found that favorable views toward the value of a college degree or credential are more common among Blacks and Hispanics than they are among Whites.

April 19, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

Happy Anniversary!

Please join the staff in congratulating Operations Assistant Azeb Kelati on her eighth anniversary as an employee of Diverse.

April 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Connecticut College Cancels Classes Over Racist Graffiti

The president of Connecticut College canceled classes Monday following the discovery over the weekend of racist graffiti, scheduling a series of events in their place to promote discussion and “eradicate this ignorance and hatred.”

March 30, 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

African-American

ANJELICA L. GONZALEZ

Anjelica L. Gonzalez was appointed the Donna L. Dubinsky Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. She was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Yale. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from Utah State University and a doctorate from the Baylor College of Medicine.

March 10, 2015

Students

Anti-Israel Divestment Push Gains Traction at U.S. Colleges

In the United States, Israel’s closest ally, the decade-old boycott-divestment-sanctions, or BDS, movement is making its strongest inroads by far on college campuses.

March 2, 2015