Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 45

HBCUs

Nebraska Nursing Program Gets Diversity Grant

A $665,266 grant should help the University of Nebraska Medical Center attract a more diverse pool of nursing students.

July 22, 2015

HBCUs

Politicians, Athletes Promoted Underqualified Students to University of Texas

State lawmakers, university regents and even current and former athletes wrote letters to top campus officials, helping underqualified students win University of Texas admission.

July 20, 2015

HBCUs

Lawyer Moves to Add SC State as Defendant in Higher Ed Suit

An attorney who has sued alleging that the state of South Carolina still operates a segregated system of higher education wants a federal court to add South Carolina State University as a defendant in the case.

July 14, 2015

Students

Purdue University Eliminates Chief Diversity Officer Role

A provost at Purdue University will take over the school’s diversity efforts after the school eliminated its chief diversity officer position.

July 14, 2015

HBCUs

Contract Under Fire Over ASU Professor Accused of Plagiarism

A Phoenix councilman wants the city to nix a $268,000 contract with Arizona State University history professor Matthew Whitaker, who has been accused of plagiarism twice in four years.

July 13, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

ANDRE FORTUNE

ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fortune earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

July 13, 2015

Faculty & Staff

LEAH BORNSTEIN

LEAH BORNSTEIN has been named president of Aims Community College in Colorado, effective August 1. She was president of Coconino Community College in Arizona. Bornstein earned an associate and bachelor’s from Bradford College in Massachusetts, a master’s from the University of Vermont and a doctorate from the University of Denver.

July 13, 2015

African-American

RICARDO JACQUEZ

RICARDO JACQUEZ has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management at California State University, Chico, effective August 1. He is currently dean of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Jacquez earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from New Mexico State, and a doctorate from Virginia Tech.

July 13, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ANDREA LEWIS MILLER

ANDREA LEWIS MILLER has been appointed president of Lemoyne-Owen College in Tennessee, effective September 1. She was chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Lemoyne-Owen, and a master’s and a doctorate from Atlanta University.

July 13, 2015

African-American

Claflin Named HBCU of the Year

Claflin University took home HBCU of the year at the AARP HBCU Awards presented by Hampton University July 10.

July 12, 2015

HBCUs

Grambling President: We Must Give Students Reason to Stay

GRAMBLING, La. ― Willie Larkin, newly named president of Grambling State University, said he is listening to the Grambling faithful and he hears them saying one thing: “We want our university to be great again.”

July 9, 2015

Students

HBCUs Advised Not to Run Away from Bad News

The biggest detriment to any campus media relations department is the idea that negative media coverage ― or no coverage ― is just part of the job, participants at the HBCU Media Week conference were told.

July 9, 2015