Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 48

Leadership & Policy

Belton In as Southern President

The Southern University System chooses a current system chancellor to serve as system president and chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus.

June 14, 2015

African-American

South Carolina State’s Probation Extended

Commission cited fewer shortcomings than it did a year ago when it first placed the institution at the edge of losing accreditation.

June 11, 2015

HBCUs

LSU Educator Top Choice to Lead University of Alabama

A Louisiana State University administrator has emerged as the top choice to become the next president of the University of Alabama.

June 10, 2015

Faculty & Staff

SUE CUNNINGHAM

SUE CUNNINGHAM has been appointed president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Cunningham was vice-principal for advancement at the University of Melbourne. She earned a bachelor’s from Middlesex University and a master’s from Oxford University.

June 10, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK

ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK has been appointed president of The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. She was vice president of university advancement at Carnegie Mellon University. Kosak earned a bachelor’s from the Pennsylvania State University.

June 10, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS

JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS has been appointed president of Dakota State University, effective in late summer. She is currently vice president for academic affairs at Bryant University. She earned a bachelor’s and a doctorate from University College London.

June 10, 2015

Students

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

14 members of three fraternities at The Ohio State University (OSU) traveled to China last month, where they choreographed a step show for Chinese students as part of a cross-cultural awareness program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

June 10, 2015

HBCUs

Toldson, Belton Named Finalists for Southern University Job

Dr. Ray Belton and Dr. Ivory Toldson are the last candidates standing in the search for a new president of the Southern University System and chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus.

June 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CLIFTON SANDERS

CLIFTON SANDERS has been appointed provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. Sanders was most recently interim provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. He earned a bachelor’s from Hamline University and a doctorate from The University of Utah.

June 5, 2015

Leadership & Policy

SHEILA C. BAIR

SHEILA C. BAIR has been named president of Washington College in Maryland. She will assume the position August 1. Bair was formerly chairperson of the FDIC. Bair earned a bachelor’s and a J.D. from the University of Kansas.

June 5, 2015

HBCUs

Grambling Names Willie Larkin President

Morgan State University Chief of Staff Dr. Willie Larkin has been named the next president of Grambling State University.

June 4, 2015

Latinx

Out for Justice

Thrust in limelight by Freddie Gray case, Marilyn Mosby and husband Nick say HBCU helped prepare them to lead in crisis.

June 4, 2015