Tag: Fundraising: Page 35

HBCUs

It’s Crunch Time for Fisk

Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Political Pitfalls for Presidents

The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn’t in a very festive mood when they met this past December.

February 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Perspectives: AME-affiliated Colleges Need To Band Together in Cluster Endowment Trusts

It has been said that financially struggling AME-affiliated colleges should be allowed to die, leaving the strong to survive. An institutional development officer says small, religious-based colleges can all survive if they tackle fundraising as a coalition.

January 26, 2008

Students

UNCF Adopts New Brand Identity, Without the Word ‘Negro’

In its new logo unveiled today, the United Negro College Fund has dropped its full name, opting to go as UNCF as part of a branding strategy that conveys the organization as a contemporary and progressive advocate of Blacks in higher education while also maintaining its heritage.

January 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Battles Donor Fatigue as Art Sale Bogs Down in Courts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Despite two years of trying, Fisk University hasn’t been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O’Keeffe into cash.

January 3, 2008

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Edward E. Cornwell III has been named surgeon-in-chief of Howard University Hospital and chair of the department of surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine, effective in January. Previously, he was professor of surgery and chief of trauma at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Cornwell received a bachelor’s from Brown University and his medical […]

December 26, 2007

HBCUs

Fisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up Front

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]

December 12, 2007

Latinx

The Landmark Decision That Faded Into Historical Obscurity

Paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education, the outcome of Mendez v. Westminster resulted in California becoming the first state in the nation to desegregate its schools.

December 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Championing Equity and Inclusion

In a newly created position, Dr. Gibor Basri first seeks to create a welcoming environment for UC-Berkeley’s historically underrepresented minorities.

December 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Financially Troubled LeMoyne-Owen College Has Accreditation Reaffirmed

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Financially strapped LeMoyne-Owen College has had its accreditation reaffirmed and officials believe the decision will improve the school’s enrollment. School officials got the news Monday night, a day before the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools met in New Orleans for its annual meeting. “We worked so hard on this the last year […]

December 11, 2007

STEM

University of Missouri Campus Can Drop Columbia Designation — Sometimes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The University of Missouri-Columbia campus is keeping the hyphen and everything after it for official purposes. But the Board of Curators for the four-campus system agreed Thursday to let the state’s flagship school go by the University of Missouri for recruitment, fundraising, marketing and intercollegiate athletics.

November 29, 2007

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University of Montana, Montana State University Offer Classes in Powwow Planning

MISSOULA, Mont. Listed on the University of Montana’s class schedule with English, philosophy and algebra is one you’re unlikely to find on many university course lists.

November 28, 2007