Tag: Student Athletes: Page 63

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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

Students

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2008

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.

May 28, 2008

Sports

Saluting an All-time Great

This year’s annual tribute to student-athletes takes on special meaning as it is the 15th anniversary of the death of tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. for whom the award is named.

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

Sports

NC A&T State Football Player Dies

North Carolina A&T State University says a football player has died from complications of heat illness.

May 27, 2008

Sports

Former NDSCS Athlete Being Deported

A former North Dakota State College of Science basketball player from Algeria who pleaded guilty to racking up thousands of dollars in international phone bills on a school-issued calling card now faces deportation.

May 14, 2008

Students

Perspectives: A2MEND Addressing Issues Facing Black Males in Higher Education

Since its founding in 2005, the African American Male Education Network and Development (A2MEND) organization has grown from an organization that identified the main component of their mission to “create an affirming academic and professional environment for African-Americans,” to an organization that is actively achieving this mission through providing workshops and presentations throughout California and the United States.

May 7, 2008

Sports

NCAA Addresses Gender Equity: Where Do We Go From Here?

“An area within women’s intercollegiate athletics that hasn’t had a voice is the status of women of color,” says Charlotte F. Westerhaus, NCAA vice president for diversity and inclusion.

April 23, 2008

Sports

Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers

Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of Black players dropped again last year.

April 15, 2008

Sports

ESPN Documentary on the HBCU Athletes Who Desegregated College Sports Scores Big

The stories of Black athletes integrating professional sports are legendary.

March 27, 2008

Sports

No. 1 Seeds Lag Academically

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was the only school among the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s tournament to graduate at least 50 percent of its players.

March 17, 2008

Students

Study: Hazing Still a Problem on Campus

Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.

March 11, 2008