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Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Warrick L. Carter has been named president of Columbia College in Chicago. He will take office July 1. He is currently director of entertainment arts for Walt Disney Entertainment. He previously served as dean of faculty and as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He […]

April 26, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Rafting Towards New Major’s

Rafting Towards New Major’s“Mom, I’ve decided to major in adventure sports.”   Not words every mother wants to hear. We’re talking mountain biking. Scuba diving. Spelunking. It’s news to test a parent’s open-mindedness. Exotic or highly specialized majors carry the baggage of the unfamiliar — negative assumptions come easy. But parents who fret about a child’s […]

April 12, 2000

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ACE Troubleshooter

ACE TroubleshooterWelcome relief and big expectations accompany Dr. William B. Harvey’s appointment as head of the Office of Minorities in Higher EducationWhen the American Council on Education announced the new head of its Office of Minorities in Higher Education last month, observers said they were getting the best of both worlds — a respected scholar […]

April 12, 2000

African-American

BI News Briefs

After Carby Ruckus, Yale Gives Black Studies Department StatusNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University officials announced last month that they will give departmental status to their African-American studies program.The decision comes on the heels a rescinded resignation by the program’s chairwoman, Dr. Hazel Carby, who submitted her pink slip early last month. She had said […]

March 15, 2000

Students

Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the Country

Racist Incidents Mar Black History Month at Colleges Across the CountryWash. Student Leader Accused of Making Racial Remark About AdministratorSPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Falls Community College student government president has been accused of making a racist remark about an administrator. A student panel is being formed to hear the case.The dispute centers on April […]

March 1, 2000

Community Colleges

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Henry D. Shannon has been named chancellor of St Louis Community College’s Forest Park campus. He was previously acting chancellor and president. Shannon’s experience includes administrative positions at Saint Louis University and Harris-Stowe College.  He earned his bachelor’s in elementary education from Harris-Stowe College, and a master’s and doctorate in counseling education, both […]

March 1, 2000

Students

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsClayton Cobb has been named director of multicultural affairs at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. He previously served as assistant director for registered student organizations and multicultural programs at Illinois State University. Cobb earned a bachelor’s in English from Viterbo College in Wisconsin and a master’s in the cultural foundation’s of education from the […]

February 2, 2000

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Just Missing Minority Hiring Goal May Not Prove Costly for Nebraska UniversityLINCOLN, Neb. — Even though the University of Nebraska system fell one person short of a state-required target for minority faculty members in 1999, it may not lose any state funding. Officials at the university say the three-year average for adding minorities meets the […]

February 2, 2000

Sports

The James Brooks Illiteracy Scandal

The James Brooks Illiteracy ScandalAuburn University’s and the Cincinnati Bengals’ secret little ‘problem’ unveiled.CINcinnati, OHIO — The official statement given via Jack Brennan, public relations director for the Cincinnati Bengals, is: “James Brooks was able to function and perform in his football role while with the Bengals. No one was aware there was a problem.” […]

January 5, 2000

Students

Professional Appointments

Suber to Head St. Augustine’sDr. Dianne Boardley Suber is the first woman to be named president of St. Augustine’s College in North Carolina. Suber has been a professor, assistant provost and, most recently, vice president for administrative services at Hampton University in Virginia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Hampton University, […]

November 10, 1999

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Ressurecting the Thurman Legacy for the Next Millennium

Ressurecting the Thurman Legacy for the Next MillenniumAt the entrance to Morehouse College, stand two monuments to two giants of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Howard Thurman.King’s legacy looms large in the nation’s memory. But while Thurman was a confidant to King and is widely considered to be the […]

November 10, 1999

Faculty & Staff

BI What’s New

Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development has opened a new  Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts to train scholars to look at what impacts families in the context of culture, race and socioeconomic status. The center’s mission is to enhance the lives of families by developing partnerships between […]

October 27, 1999