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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

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

April 6, 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

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Vice President Ralph Newell will be representing Diverse at the CUPA-HR Midwest Region conference in Detroit beginning Sunday at the Detroit Marriott at the Rennaissance Center. Ralph will be at Table #102, eager to discuss all that Diverse has to offer.

March 19, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Governor Calls for Investigation of University of Virginia Incident

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has called for state police to investigate an arrest of a Black student from the University of Virginia who was allegedly bloodied and bruised Wednesday morning by White officers from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Witnesses have told various news outlets that the altercation was unprovoked.

March 18, 2015

Leadership & Policy

JACOB EAPEN

Community College of Philadelphia has appointed JACOB EAPEN as vice president for business and finance. He was the former vice president for administration and chief business officer at Mercer County Community College. He holds a bachelor’s from Roosevelt University in Chicago, a master’s from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

March 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Presidents Seek Next Chapters to Institutions’ Success Stories

Are HBCUs still a viable enterprise? Of course, and more than ever, HBCU presidents past and present said Thursday at a panel at Bowie State University.

March 12, 2015

Students

Video Surfaces of Oklahoma Frat House Mom Chanting N-Word

The University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity made news once again this week when a video surfaced of the fraternity house mom, Beauton Gilbow, chanting the N-word several times.

March 10, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Apple Announce Partnership

Thurgood Marshall College and Apple announced an over $40 million, multi-year partnership to identify and develop talent from HBCUs.

March 10, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse on the Go

Diverse Senior Writer Jamal Watson is moderating a panel today entitled Crisis of Black Intelligentsia at the National Action Network national convention in New York. The convention continues through Saturday. Diverse also is attending and covering the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education conference in Charleston, South Carolina, that continues through Saturday. The organization […]

March 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

University President Tapped to Head Philadelphia Fed

The head of the University of Delaware has been selected to be the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

March 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Living the Legacy

Tuskegee University President Brian Johnson intent on expanding the house that Booker T. built.

February 26, 2015