Tag: Student Athletes: Page 54

Sports

Ex-player Charged in Kansas Football Player’s Death

A former McPherson College football player is facing charges in connection to the beating death of a football player at nearby Tabor College in Kansas, authorities said Monday.

September 25, 2012

Faculty & Staff

UNC Faculty Asks Chancellor to Rethink Resignation

Professors at North Carolina’s flagship public university are hoping to sway Chancellor Holden Thorp to change his mind about resigning in the face of multiple scandals.

September 18, 2012

Sports

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hires First African-American Woman as Commissioner

Jacqie Carpenter was hired last month as the first African-American female head of the CIAA.

September 18, 2012

Faculty & Staff

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor to Resign Amid Scandals

UNC chancellor to step down next year in the wake of scandals involving academic fraud, improper travel spending by fundraisers and special treatment for athletes.

September 17, 2012

Sports

Commentary: When a Football Game Sends the Wrong Message

Law professor Aaron N. Taylor laments what he calls the ‘prostitution’ of Black football programs.

September 16, 2012

Students

Haskell Indian Nations U. Sports Programs on Probation through 2014

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has put all athletic programs at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas on probation through 2014 for “violations involving ineligible players.”

September 12, 2012

Sports

New Guide Offers Tips on Establishing and Maintaining Effective Campus Safety Teams

A new guidebook hopes to curb campus crime by leading campus teams through the process of anticipating and responding different types of campus problems or threats.

September 12, 2012

Students

Q&A With Bernard Muir: Continuing Traditions

With more than 20 years in sports administration, Bernard Muir joined Stanford University in August as its new director of athletics.

September 11, 2012

Sports

FAMU Coach Helps Get Players Registered to Vote

Florida A&M coach Joe Taylor believes there are things that are more important than football, and voting is one of them.

September 10, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Slow-moving UNC Academic Sports Scandal Unresolved

A two-year scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that has led to sidelined football players, NCAA penalties and the departure of a big-name coach has slowly built into questions of how widely academic fraud has spread at the elite public university.

September 9, 2012

Faculty & Staff

S.C. State University to Consider Budget Cuts, Hiring Freeze

South Carolina State University is considering budget cuts and a hiring freeze as the school deals with declining enrollment that has left the university looking at a $5.5 million deficit.

September 6, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Youth Summit Brings Democratic National Convention Spirit to Johnson C. Smith

Johnson C. Smith University and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute hosted UFuture: A Summit for Innovative Young Thinkers at the Charlotte-based school.

September 5, 2012