Tag: Deans & Directors: Page 63

Students

For Missing Civil Rights Hero, A Degree at Last

If Lloyd Gaines is alive, his law degree is waiting for him. The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law has decided to award an honorary degree to Gaines 68 years after…

May 3, 2006

Sports

Fired Grambling Employees Fire Back With Lawsuit

Several former Grambling State University employees, including a fired athletic director, have filed a suit alleging wrongful and illegal termination…

April 19, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Rebirth of D-Q University

The Phoenix is a traditional symbol of rebirth, but for D-Q University, a bolt cutter may be a more appropriate image. After more than 30 years as California’s only two-year tribal college…

April 19, 2006

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Former Morris Brown President Dolores Cross, Financial Director To Go on Trial in Fraud Case

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Atlanta in the trial of two administrators who federal officials say were responsible for the financial breakdown of Morris Brown College…

April 17, 2006

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Jones Resigns His Faculty Position at UW-Whitewater

A former dean at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater accused of misusing school funds has resigned from his faculty position, the university has confirmed…

April 5, 2006

Sports

Getting In The Game

Last season, news media from around the country fixated on the University of Southern California football team, the speculation escalating with each game…

April 5, 2006

Students

More College Students Seeking Mental Health Help, Says Study

More college students are seeking help for mental illness than in previous years, according to the 2005 National Survey of Counseling Directors….

March 29, 2006

Students

Conference to Examine ‘The Black Scholar and the State of Black America’

An upcoming conference at Michigan State University will bring together scholars, professionals, community leaders and graduate students in wide-ranging discussions…

March 27, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Jamar Banks has been named director of the Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services, as well as head of the Culture Center at the University of Nebraska. He had been serving in an interim capacity. Banks earned a bachelor’s from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a master’s from the University of […]

March 22, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Linda L. Ammons has been named dean of Widener University School of Law, effective July 1. She will be the first female and the first African-American to lead the law school. Currently, Ammons is serving as associate dean and professor of law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She earned a bachelor’s from Oakwood College, and […]

March 8, 2006

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SIU Restores Original Web Descriptions Of Minority Fellowships

Southern Illinois University’s Web site has restored the original descriptions of two controversial graduate fellowships…

February 22, 2006

Sports

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing Policy for Student-Athletes

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

February 12, 2006