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Students

Scholars Reflect on Passing of Maya Angelou

Legendary poet, pioneering civil rights activist mourned by many in the academy and beyond.

May 28, 2014

African-American

Two African-American Scholars Join Ranks of Deans

Dr. Jonathan Holloway and Dr. Alondra Nelson have been appointed deans at Columbia and Yale University, raising the profile of Blacks in senior-level positions at two of the nation’s most selective academic institutions.

May 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Social Activism Loses ‘Peaceful Warrior’ Vincent Harding

He was a renaissance man. A productive scholar, who wrote about the Civil Rights Movement, not as a distant outsider but as one who was intimately involved in the day-to-day struggles of Blacks in the American South.

May 20, 2014

Community Colleges

Lenoir-Rhyne Students Use Meal Plan for Homeless

Not all college students eat all the meals they pay for in their meal plan. But two Lenoir-Rhyne University students came up with a generous idea to get their money’s worth.

May 15, 2014

African-American

Celebrating Brown, Confronting Its Challenging Legacy

As the sixtieth anniversary of the Brown v. Board court decision is celebrated, scholars say segregation and racially-biased treatment of children of color in K-12 schools still persists.

May 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. M. Brian Blake

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Dean of the Graduate School University of Miami Class of 2007

May 2, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Diverse On The Go

Some of the Diverse crew will be headed to the nation’s heartland for the CUPA-HR Midwest Region conference in Kansas City, Mo., through Tuesday at the Intercontinental. Vice President Ralph Newell and Director of Advertising Virginia Hendrix are looking forward to greeting you at booth No. 112.

May 1, 2014

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Dr. Ben Vinson III

An expert on Latin American history, Dr. Ben Vinson III is dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. He formerly directed the university’s Center for Africana Studies. Vinson has been vice dean at Johns Hopkins University, an associate professor at Penn State University and an assistant professor at Barnard College. Vinson’s […]

May 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson

Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is an associate professor at Howard University and senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. In September, President Barack Obama named Toldson deputy director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Known as a “myth buster,” Toldson has challenged popular research reports and news sources […]

May 1, 2014

African-American

Dr. Said Sewell III

Dr. Said L. Sewell is an assistant provost at Kent State University , where he was dean of under graduate studies. Sewell is working on two books: “Empowering Black Male Students to Greatness” and “Let Us Make Man: A Conversation with Black Men on Saving Black Boys.” He has received numerous awards for his scholarly […]

May 1, 2014

African-American

Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is a professor of history and vice provost for diversity at the University of Connecticut. Ogbar has served as associate dean for the Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and director of the Institute for African-American Studies. He has authored several books, including his most recent, an edited […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Goodwin Liu

Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He has also been a member of the University of California- Berkeley Law faculty. Liu earned tenure in 2008 and was associate dean from 2008 to 2010. In 2009, Liu won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. His primary areas of expertise are constitutional […]

May 1, 2014