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Princeton Renames Center to Honor Former African American Dean

Princeton Renames Center to Honor Former African American Dean    PRINCETON, N.J.The name of Princeton University’s Third World Center is being changed to more accurately reflect its mission. Last month, the university’s trustees approved a recommendation to change the name to the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, effective July 1. The name […]

May 22, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Adding International Flavor to your Résumé

Adding International Flavor to your RésuméBack in the 1980s, Anthony Pinder was trading futures for a living in Chicago. When the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the stock market, he decided the timing was right to do something he had thought about for years. He joined the Peace Corps. Pinder’s 2 ½ years in Ecuador changed […]

May 8, 2002

Sports

Madness Beyond March

Madness Beyond MarchThe sports world is one of many windows into American life at which to view race relations. And many people, particularly African Americans, do not like what they see. On one hand, athletics, like the entertainment industry, has been the ticket to fame and fortune for relatively few young Black men and women. […]

April 10, 2002

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Walter D. Broadnax has been chosen as president-elect of Clark Atlanta University. Broadnax is a former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. Broadnax earned a bachelor’s from Washburn University, a master’s from the University of Kansas and a doctorate from the Maxwell School at […]

March 27, 2002

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CSU Launches First Combined Veterinary Medicine, Business Degree

CSU Launches First Combined Veterinary Medicine, Business DegreeFort Collins, Colo.The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Business at Colorado State University have launched the first program in North America combining the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Masters of Business Administration degree.Beginning in the fall semester of 2002, the College of […]

March 13, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Howard University School Of Law Dean Resigns

Howard University School Of Law Dean Resigns WASHINGTONHoward University School of Law Dean Alice Gresham Bullock announced last month she would resign from her position, effective June 30.Following a yearlong sabbatical, she will return to a faculty position at the law school. Bullock, an alumna of the law school, a tax lawyer and a member […]

March 13, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to Teaching

Eliminating the ‘Chalk and Talk’ Approach to TeachingNASA program exposes pre-service teachers to innovative teaching methods, aims to demystify science, mathBy Hilary Hurd  Alexandria, Va.“I’m math illiterate,” along with “I’m science phobic” are familiar statements to NASA’s Dr. Sandra Proctor — in fact, they are among the statements she hears most often from students. Proctor, […]

March 13, 2002

Students

A Calculating Program

A Calculating ProgramHampton University professor’s grade calculator keeps students, faculty on top of academic performance.      Quo Vadis. The phrase literally means “where are you going?” It’s also the name of Hampton University professor Dr. George Burbanck’s innovative grade calculation program, which is saving academic careers at Hampton and winning converts at schools as far away […]

February 27, 2002

Health

Surgeon General to Head Morehouse Center

Surgeon General to Head Morehouse CenterATLANTAU.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher announced last month that he will become director of a new center at historically Black Morehouse College that will press for better access to health care for minorities. Accepting the new job on the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Satcher invoked […]

February 13, 2002

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsChristolyne Buie has been appointed director of the new Granville T. Woods Scholars Program at Baltimore City Community College. Buie comes to BCCC after 33 years in the Baltimore City Public School System where she was a principal, assistant superintendent, area executive officer and chief of staff. Buie earned a bachelor’s and a master’s […]

January 16, 2002

Sports

College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 Million

College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 MillionBy Eric FreedmanAUBURN, Wash.Green River Community College must pay its former athletic director $1.5 million for racial discrimination and defamation, the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled. However, the three-judge panel trimmed about $500,000 from the original $2 million trial verdict, finding insufficient evidence for Michael McGraw’s wrongful […]

January 16, 2002

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Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Leroy A. Durant has been named vice president for student development and services at Claflin University in South Carolina. Most recently, he was vice president for student life at Jackson State University. Durant earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Grambling State University and a doctorate from Texas Southern University. Francena Phillips Jackson has […]

January 2, 2002