Tag: Student Athletes: Page 47

Sports

NBA Executive Says NCAA Needs Virtuous Leaders

Dallas Mavericks President and CEO Terdema Ussery says that why you want to be a leader is a more important question than how you get in position.

May 1, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Students Sought for Lollapalooza Tech Side Event

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office is looking for 100 technology and computer science college students from across the nation to travel to Chicago during Lollapalooza 2013 weekend.

April 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

2 Va. State Students Missing After Entering River

A university spokesman says two Virginia State University students who went missing in the Appomattox River over the weekend were not participating in any activities related to the school.

April 22, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Navajo Tech Continues Its Ascension

A small college on the eastern edge of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation is getting noticed.

April 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Family Says Chinese Grad Student’s Dreams Led to Boston

The family of a Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombings said in an open letter that it was her dream to study in the United States.

April 21, 2013

Students

Clemson President Barker to Return to Teaching

Clemson President Jim Barker is going back to being an architecture professor after 14 years leading the school.

April 16, 2013

Students

Fewer African-Americans Playing Baseball at HBCUs Due to Economics, Opportunities

A 2012 article in the Raleigh News & Observer noted White players made up a majority of the baseball players in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

April 15, 2013

Students

Criminal Justice Students Experience House Arrest

A classroom debate over just how tough house arrest is has prompted a criminal justice professor at a central Illinois college to come up with what is a punishing assignment.

April 14, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry

Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”

April 11, 2013

Students

Special Report: Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2013

Diverse honors the memory of Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing the achievements of student-athletes who are charge ahead with academics and athletics.

April 11, 2013

Sports

Rejection Can Be a Good Thing in the Long Run

One of the recurring stories heard this time year is about the disappointment someone feels because he or she did not get into the college of choice. All is not lost.

April 10, 2013

Students

Asking Tough Questions: College and LGBT Applicant Identification

This year, however, students may find a new topic area not only on their questionnaires, but also on their initial applications: sexual orientation.

April 9, 2013