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Students

Taking On the Stereotypes: Asian American Basketball Player Excels on the Court

After leading his high school basketball team to a state title averaging 15 points a game, the 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound young man hoped to draw some Division I college scholarship offers.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – FEMALE FINALISTS

Shardea Croes is a heavy hitter on and off the softball field. An outfielder, Croes helped lead her team to its first NCAA postseason tournament appearance this year and scored second-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) honors in 2008. Croes, a rising junior at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, is expected to earn her second […]

May 27, 2009

Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – MALE FINALISTS

Sam Bradford, the starting quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team, was selected as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy as the Most Outstanding College Football Player in the United States for 2008. During the past season Bradford completed 302 of his 442 passes, for 4,464 yards and 48 touchdowns while throwing […]

May 27, 2009

Sports

An Ambassador On and Of f the Field

Yolanda Odenyo has excelled both academically and athletically and brought a global perspective to the Oklahoma State University women’s soccer team.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Coach Keeling: The Rescuer

Throughout his three-decades-long sports career, Rudy Keeling has been a builder.

May 27, 2009

Community Colleges

Professional Appoitments

BEN BRINEY has been appointed head coach of the Truman State University (Ala.) volleyball team. He previously served as the team’s assistant. Briney earned a bachelor’s from Southwest Baptist University. DR. LINDA M. BLEICKEN has been named president of Armstrong Atlantic State University (Ga.). Previously, she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs […]

May 27, 2009

Latinx

Sotomayor’s Nomination Reaffirms National Identity of U.S. Latinos, Scholars Say

The morning President Barack Obama introduced federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee, Dr. Ruth E. Zambrana, a professor in the University of Maryland-College Park Women’s Studies department, received numerous phone calls from gleeful colleagues.

May 26, 2009

International

UVA Diversity Chief Appointed Top Post at International Reading Association

Known for his expertise on diversity in postsecondary institutions, Dr. William B. Harvey, the University of Virginia’s vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, will employ his aptitude in a different arena when he assumes the executive director position at The International Reading Association (IRA) on Aug. 1, 2009.

May 25, 2009

Home

Diversity on the Bench

If President Barack Obama wants to make the Supreme Court more diverse, he has a wider range of options than any of his predecessors.

May 21, 2009

Home

Senate Confirms Former Idaho AG for Indian Affairs

An American Indian who served as Idaho attorney general is the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

May 20, 2009

Home

Dr. Claude M. Steele Named Columbia University Provost

Columbia University has announced the appointment of Dr. Claude M. Steele as the University’s 21st provost to be effective Sept. 1, 2009.

May 13, 2009

Faculty & Staff

When Work Experience Is Not Enough

Legal practitioners find the leap into academia difficult; scholars recommend non-academicians get assistance with the ‘nuanced’ application process.

May 13, 2009