Tag: Deans & Directors: Page 11

Faculty & Staff

Kingston Provides Backdrop for Scholars to Convene

Leaders from all over gather in Kingston, Jamaica, for the International Colloquium of Black Males in Education.

October 7, 2015

Students

Early FAFSA Filing Seen as Boon for Low-income Students

Student advocates and higher education experts say the new Obama administration policy change on early Federal Student Aid form filing will prove beneficial for low-income and first-generation students.

October 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

USF Bike-sharing Program Offering Free Rides to Students

More than 1,300 University of South Florida students have signed up for the university’s recently launched bicycling-sharing program.

October 5, 2015

STEM

STEM Initiative to Focus on Minority Women, Girls

Consortium of 10 colleges and universities and nine nonprofit organizations has launched a national initiative to scale effective evidence-based strategies to improve STEM diversity.

October 4, 2015

Students

U.S. Colleges Seek to Integrate Chinese Students Better

The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them integrate.

September 29, 2015

HBCUs

JORIM E. REID

JORIM E. REID has been named director of bands at Fayetteville State University. He was band director at North Carolina Central University. Reid earned a bachelor’s from Florida A&M University and a master’s from Florida State University.

September 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MITZI MONTOYA

MITZI MONTOYA has been appointed dean of the College of Business at Oregon State University. She was vice president and dean of entrepreneurship and innovation at Arizona State University. Montoya earned a bachelor’s and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

September 24, 2015

HBCUs

RODNEY O. PARKS

RODNEY O. PARKS has been named senior director of major and planned gifts for the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. He was the director of development of Philander Smith College. Parks earned a bachelor’s from Arkansas Tech University.

September 24, 2015

Students

CBC Panel Takes Aim at Disparity in College Degree Attainment

At the start of the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual legislative conference, a panel, Access to Opportunity: Propelling Black Students, explored the disparity in college degree attainment between Black students and students of other races.

September 16, 2015

Students

JOAN T.A. GABEL

JOAN T.A. GABEL has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina. She was Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. Dean at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. Gabel earned a bachelor’s from Haverford College and a juris doctor from the University of Georgia.

September 9, 2015

Students

MARION GILLIS-OLION

MARION GILLIS-OLION has been named dean of the School of Education at Fayetteville State University (FSU). She was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, SACS liaison, and director of self-study at FSU. Gillis-Olion earned a bachelor’s from Kean University (formerly Newark State College), and a master’s and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

September 9, 2015

Students

MANNY ROMERO

MANNY ROMERO has been appointed executive director of public affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Most recently, he was director of public relations at Baruch College. Romero earned an associate from Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona, a bachelor’s from Northern Arizona University and a master’s from Arizona State University.

September 9, 2015