Tag: Mentorship: Page 22

Community Colleges

Anna Dina Joaquin Utilizes Linguistic Skills to Help Others Succeed

There was no indication in Dr. Anna Dina Joaquin’s high school report card that she would one day become a university professor, but the Filipino American’s family’s strong immigrant values — hard work and education — along with encouragement from a key mentor, eventually propelled her to go from nearly the bottom of her […]

January 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Review for Colorado University Professor Who Teaches Deviance Course

Patti Adler was ordered to stop teaching the class following complaints about a prostitution role-playing skit.

January 21, 2014

Students

Arizona State University Fraternity under Scrutiny for MLK Day Party

An Arizona State University fraternity’s operations have been suspended pending an investigation into accusations that the local Tau Kappa Epsilon’s chapter hosted a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 21, 2014

Students

Report: AAPI College Students Primarily Turn to Peers for Academic Advice

Low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) college students tend to seek academic advice from peers rather than from designated support centers on campus because of perceived barriers.

January 21, 2014

African-American

Diverse Conversations: Learning to Lead

When a faculty member is promoted to an administrative position, it can be quite a challenge to master the art of leading.

January 19, 2014

Students

Some Schools Working Through MLK Holiday

While most public colleges and universities will be closed today to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a number will be open for business.

January 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

In Case You Missed It…

UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV Vernon Jordan Tapped to Lead Howard Presidential Search Baraka’s Legacy: Let’s Not Forget Inaugural Black Studies Professor ‘Invisible’ Burmese, Bhutanese Americans Face ‘Alarming’ Dropout Rates

January 16, 2014

Sports

‘Culture of Disrespect’ Among Athletes Fuels Military Academy Sex Assaults

A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report.

January 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Baraka’s Controversial Legacy

Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.

January 9, 2014

Students

Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class

A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.

January 1, 2014

Sports

Akron Assistant Football Coach Killed in Car Accident

Mississippi native, nicknamed “Tank,” killed in home state at age 44.

December 24, 2013

African-American

Ohio University Helps Miami Tribe Preserve its History

Miami University is working to preserve 19th century land grant documents recently recovered by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

December 15, 2013