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Leadership & Policy

BEVERLEE MCCLURE

BEVERLEE MCCLURE has been appointed president of Adams State University. She was chief executive officer of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry. McClure holds a bachelor’s from Texas A&M University-Commerce, an MBA from the University of Arkansas and a doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin.

May 5, 2015

Leadership & Policy

JOSE SARTARELLI

JOSE SARTARELLI has been named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is chief global officer and dean of the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. He will take office in July. Sartarelli earned a bachelor’s from the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil. He earned an MBA and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

May 5, 2015

Students

Youngstown State University

Founded in 1908, Youngstown State University is an urban research university that emphasizes a creative, integrated approach to education, scholarship and service.

April 30, 2015

Students

California State University, Fresno (Fresno State)

Founded in 1911, Fresno State is committed to embracing the diversity inherent in its university community to enable student success, produce transformative scholarly research and creative works, and develop institutional, community and intellectual leaders.

April 30, 2015

African-American

Harvard Study: Millennials Believe U.S. Justice System Unfair

A Harvard University survey released Wednesday found that nearly one in two millennials believe America’s criminal justice system is unfair and few believe protests triggered by the killings of Black men at the hands of police will make a significant difference.

April 29, 2015

Students

University of Florida Fraternity Suspended After Allegedly Harassing Veterans

GAINESVILLE, Fla. ― A University of Florida fraternity has been suspended after reports that some of its members harassed wounded military veterans vacationing recently in Panama City Beach.

April 26, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Trial to Begin for Last 3 Defendants in FAMU hazing case

The manslaughter trial of the remaining three former band members charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major has begun.

April 20, 2015

Students

‘Animal House’ Fraternity to Appeal Dartmouth Branding Sanction

A Dartmouth College fraternity that partly inspired the 1978 movie Animal House and was recently accused of branding new members is appealing a decision to withdraw its recognition as a student organization.

April 15, 2015

Home

Police: N.C. Community College Shooting Possible Hate Crime

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a gay community college worker as a hate crime, while the man charged in the killing told a judge Tuesday there was “one less child molester” after the slaying of his former supervisor.

April 14, 2015

Home

Virginia Union, Johnson C. Smith Take On Police Encounters

As the latest case of an unarmed Black man dying at the hands of a White police officer continues to unfold in Charleston, S.C., at least two historically Black universities are being proactive in trying to prevent the next case.

April 9, 2015

International

Militants Kill 147 at University in Kenya

Al-Shabab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security forces to end the siege just after dusk.

April 2, 2015

Students

Congressman’s Son a Defendant in Clemson Fraternity-Death Lawsuits

The son of U.S. Rep. John Carney, D-Del., is one of five defendants in two lawsuits seeking at least $50 million stemming from the death of a Clemson University fraternity pledge.

March 31, 2015