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Professional Appointments

DR. PETER GITAU is associate vice chancellor and dean of students at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Gitau formerly served as dean of student life at the University of Dubuque. He holds a bachelor’s from Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, a master’s from Eastern Illinois University and a doctorate from the University of Kansas. JUDY HINRICHS has […]

November 12, 2008

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Self-Navigating THE TERRAIN

The absence of mentorship for Black women scholars could ultimately result in a dwindling pipeline.

November 12, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Indiana University Panel Won’t Remove Segregationist’s Name

The chairman of an Indiana University committee says the panel will recommend adding a Black basketball player’s name to a gymnasium named after a longtime trustee who advocated racial segregation in the 1940s.

November 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

November 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hill Harper Encourages Financial Fitness Among HBCU Students

The critically acclaimed actor and New York Times best-selling author, Hill Harper worked tirelessly to advance the cause of change for his friend and former classmate, President-elect Barack Obama.

November 9, 2008

Asian American Pacific Islander

Multiracial Survey To Tap Voter Attitudes

The pollsters have been out en force this presidential election season.

November 3, 2008

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Professional Appointments

DR. LOUIS MENDOZA is associate vice provost for equity and diversity at the University of Minnesota. Formerly he served as an associate professor at the university. Mendoza earned a bachelor’s from the University of Houston and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. CIGDEM DELANO has been named chief information officer […]

October 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Putting Barack Obama’s Candidacy In Historical Perspective

A host of pre-eminent Black scholars sound off on the historical and sociological significance of Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy and its aftereffects on Black America.

October 15, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. ALLEN SESSOMS is president of the University of the District of Columbia. Formerly, he served as president of Delaware State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Union College, a master’s from the University of Washington and a doctorate from Yale University. JACQUES FUQUA JR. is director of the International Affairs Center at Indiana State […]

October 15, 2008

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Field Where Tuskegee Airmen Trained Named National Historic Site

Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field Friday the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country’s first Black military pilots and wept.

October 12, 2008

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Professional Appointments

DR. ALISON RABIL has been named assistant vice provost at Duke University. Previously, she served as financial aid director at Barnard College. She earned a bachelor’s fromBarnard and twomaster’s degrees and a doctorate fromColumbia University. AUSTIN ASHE has been appointed associate director of alumni and parent relations at Quinnipiac University (Conn.). Previously, he served as […]

October 1, 2008

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Alaska Natives Question Palin’s Support

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely notes her husband’s Yup’ik Eskimo roots. But those connections haven’t erased doubts about the Republican vice presidential candidate in a community long slighted by the White settlers who flocked to Alaska and dominate its government.

September 29, 2008