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Community Colleges

Intel Putting $5M Toward Georgia Tech Diversity Push

The Georgia Institute of Technology will receive $5 million over the next five years from Intel to increase the number of minorities and women going into engineering and computer science.

August 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN

MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN has been appointed provost of Loyola University Chicago. She was interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University. Callahan earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University Chicago, and a master’s and a doctorate from Rush University in Chicago.

August 1, 2015

Leadership & Policy

ANTHONY L. HOLLOMAN

ANTHONY L. HOLLOMAN has been named vice president for institutional advancement of Jackson State University. He was vice president for institutional advancement at Stillman College. He earned a bachelor’s from Johnson C. Smith University and a master’s from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama.

July 30, 2015

African-American

Former Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBI

As a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, “I’m really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.”

July 28, 2015

Faculty & Staff

LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR.

LAWRENCE T. POTTER JR. has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne, effective August 10. He was a professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University. He earned a bachelor’s from Stillman College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Missouri.

July 28, 2015

Students

Wabash College Works to Retain Minority Students

A small, male-only liberal arts college in western Indiana is hosting 30 students this summer as part of an effort to improve its retention and graduation rates for minority and first-generation college students.

July 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CARLOS PATO

CARLOS PATO has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences and chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Southern California. Pato earned a bachelor’s from Brown University and an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati.

July 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Cosby’s Lawyer Remains Chairman of Temple University Trustees

Bill Cosby, once the very public pride of Temple University, parted ways with the school last year amid allegations that he had drugged and sexually assaulted women.

July 23, 2015

Students

Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame

Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.

July 22, 2015

HBCUs

Nebraska Nursing Program Gets Diversity Grant

A $665,266 grant should help the University of Nebraska Medical Center attract a more diverse pool of nursing students.

July 22, 2015

Students

Va. Faith-based School Drops Same-Sex Marriage Hiring Ban

Eastern Mennonite University says it will no longer discriminate against job prospects who are in same-sex marriages.

July 21, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

ANDRE FORTUNE

ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fortune earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

July 13, 2015