Tag: Fundraising: Page 34

Students

Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’

With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.

March 4, 2008

Latinx

North Carolina Hispanic Group Works on Achievement Issues

The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals has kicked off a fundraising campaign to hire staff to raise the group’s profile and bolster its political influence.

March 4, 2008

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Scholars Discuss Diversity in Presidential Race

Five political scientists answered Diverse readers questions about the presidential race.

February 27, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Antioch College Campus To Be Closed For 2008-2009 Academic Year

Antioch University’s trustees decided Friday that Antioch College in Ohio will suspend operations June 30 and remain closed for the 2008-2009 academic year.

February 24, 2008

Students

Yale Plans for Biggest Expansion in Decades

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  Yale University is moving forward with plans to build two residential colleges, an expansion that could create the largest increase in the student body since the Ivy League college began admitting women in 1969. Yale President Richard Levin sent a statement to faculty and students this week citing the benefits of the […]

February 20, 2008

HBCUs

Alumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007

Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).

February 20, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta President to Retire in July

Clark Atlanta University President Walter Broadnax will retire in July.

February 17, 2008

Students

University of Colorado Presidential Selection Upsets Campus

The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.D.s, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.

February 14, 2008

Students

Colo. University Selection Upsets Campus

BOULDER Colo. The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser. Bruce Benson’s nomination may be bitterly dividing this 52,000-student, three-campus institution, but it is a sign […]

February 13, 2008

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Judge Rules Fisk Cannot Sell Priceless Art Collection for Any Reason

In a major setback for Fisk University, a Tennessee judge has barred the school from selling any or all of its priceless 101 piece Stieglitz Collection of art to raise money to support the financially troubled school.

February 10, 2008

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Temple University Gets Anonymous $5M Donations in the Mail

PHILADELPHIA  The checks to Temple University really were in the mail — for $5 million. It was a total surprise for the school to receive the anonymous donations, which arrived in a pair of nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona, said Stuart Sullivan, Temple’s senior vice president for institutional advancement. […]

February 6, 2008

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Cupid Lives on Campus

Miami University in Ohio has an unusually large number of graduates who have married other Miami University graduates — 26,046 people, or about 14 percent of the school’s living alumni population.

February 6, 2008