Tag: Mentorship: Page 28

Faculty & Staff

2013 Franklin Award Recipients Recall His Legacy

Dr. John T. Casteen III, Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell and Dr. William Julius Wilson shared the spotlight as winners of the 2013 Dr. John Hope Franklin Awards on Monday night.

March 5, 2013

Faculty & Staff

12 Charged With Manslaughter in FAMU Hazing Death

Ten of the band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of Robert Champion, but now the charge of manslaughter has been added for each defendant.

March 5, 2013

MSIs

Michigan Lawmaker Proposes In-State Tuition for Veterans

Active duty military personnel and veterans would pay in-state tuition in Michigan under measures introduced by one Democratic lawmaker.

March 3, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Summit Drills In on America’s Dropout Rate

In the United States, a student drops out of school every 26 seconds and more than 3,000 children leave school every day.

February 26, 2013

Students

Urban Male Initiative: Seeing Students Where They Are To Get Them To Where They Need To Be

The Urban Male Initiative program at Community College of Denver wasn’t around to answer the Black, Brown and College Bound Conference’s first call to action seven years ago to rescue Black and Latino males from consistently ranking at the bottom of all indicators of educational attainment.

February 24, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Will the AME Church Save Wilberforce?

I grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. My father, Rev. Larry Rogers, served for a time under Rev. Floyd H. Flake at Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Queens, New York.

February 13, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Webinar: Experts Explore College Trustee Board Roles, Responsibilities

Expert panelists, including former university president David Roselle, offered practical advice on how college trustee boards as well as individual trustee board members should conduct themselves.

January 31, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Out Lesbian and Gay Presidents Discuss Pathways to Leadership

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) held its 69th Annual Meeting in Atlanta last week.

January 28, 2013

Students

It’s Tough to Trailblaze: Challenges of First-Generation College Students

College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce.

January 23, 2013

Sports

NCAA Division II Delegates Deny Mexico Pilot Program Membership

In a narrow vote of 138 for and 141 against, the NCAA Division II delegates opted not to extend to Mexican colleges the same invitation to begin the application for membership process that had been given to Canada in 2008.

January 22, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Heavy Metal: A Leader in the Field of Metal and Material Engineering Research

Dr. Andrea Maria Hodge excelled in math and science while struggling to learn English as a child.

January 21, 2013

Health

AIDS Advocate: Wilson Working on Making a Difference

The Columbia University professor, a 2013 Emerging Scholar as named by Diverse, has focused his research on HIV prevention.

January 18, 2013