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Leadership & Policy

A Tribal College With an ‘Edge’

Created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma.

June 11, 2008

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Dario Cortes has been named president of Berkeley College, effective July 7. Currently, he serves as president and executive director of The American School Foundation in Mexico City. He earned a bachelor’s from the City University of New York, a master’s from the University of Virginia and a doctorate from the University of Illinois […]

June 11, 2008

LGBTQ+

Group: UW-Madison will be biggest university with gay leader

A gay rights group says Biddy Martin would be the first openly gay person to lead a university as big as University of Wisconsin-Madison.

May 29, 2008

Native Americans

Clinton affirms commitment to Native American issues

Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged her commitment Tuesday to tribal sovereignty and Indian health care.

May 29, 2008

Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. 2008 Finalists

Cliff Hammonds, who led Clemson University to its best basketball season in years, has also impressed his architecture classmates and professors — so much so that they recently created a Citation for Excellence for the senior’s ability to squeeze in basketball practice between drafting architecture models throughout his four-year college career. “They actually made up […]

May 28, 2008

Sports

For the Love Of the Game

Momei Qu is leading the way in academics and athletics, shining in each arena.

May 28, 2008

Students

Tried, Tested, Yet Undeterred

After overturned prison sentence, Marcus Dixon blazes a stellar record of academic and athletic achievement at Hampton University.

May 28, 2008

Sports

IMPACT PLAYERS

Golf grew in popularity in Seoul after it held the 1988 Olympics, and now U.S. college coaches are witnessing the emergence and competitiveness of Korean golfers.

May 28, 2008

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian Americans Largely Ignored by Presidential

Despite feverish efforts by presidential candidates to grab voters’ attention, they, along with public opinion pollsters and mainstream news media, have largely ignored Asian Americans so far, several political scientists say.

May 28, 2008

African-American

Professional Appointments

Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau has been appointed president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., effective Aug. 1. He currently serves as president of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Ribeau earned a bachelor’s from Wayne State University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. DR. ANGELA DURANTE has been named […]

May 28, 2008

Military

Naval Academy Names Sports Complex in Honor of First Black Graduate

Wesley Brown was told he had little-to-no chance of graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. Earlier this month, the academy named its new $50 million sports complex in honor of Brown, its first Black graduate.

May 26, 2008

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West Virginia University Faculty Demands School President Ouster Again

West Virginia University’s faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master’s degree scandal involving the governor’s daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.

May 15, 2008