Tag: Mentorship: Page 30

Students

New Mentoring Program Designed to Promote Freshman Retention

CsMentor has launched a mentoring program to address freshman retention rates in ways rarely seen before.

October 17, 2012

Opinion

Remembering Andrew Brimmer

First meeting Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer in 1985, I was as excited as a distant fan who finally meets a rock star, but I came to know him, not only as the intellectual giant he surely was, but as a supportive mentor, a caring friend and family man as well as a civic leader who was also deeply concerned about the socio-economic development of the Black community.

October 16, 2012

Students

College Students Can Change Their Communities By Being Civic-Minded

Edward Waters’ Dr. James Ewers discusses the value of civics.

October 15, 2012

Latinx

Race and Income Influence Who Votes in Texas

AUSTIN Texas — More than 17 percent of the people who register to vote never make it to the ballot box, and according to new research, these people tend to be poor or uneducated. Research also suggests, however, that more of these people would vote if officials made it more convenient. The most basic duty […]

October 15, 2012

Sports

EspnW Hosts Women + Sports Summit

EspnW commemorates the 40th anniversary of Title IX with a discussion on the state of women in sports.

October 2, 2012

STEM

Linking STEM Women Online to Students

Innovative, impactful ideas using today’s technology to meet today’s educational needs always need applauding. One of the great needs of our time is for more of our students to enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. An even greater need of our time is for more women to enter the STEM fields. Beginning […]

September 30, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Ex-prof Gets Life in Prison for Meeting Rampage

A Harvard-educated biologist was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday after being convicted of going on a shooting rampage during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university, killing three colleagues and wounding three others in 2010.

September 24, 2012

Students

Linguists’ Quest To Preserve Languages in Danger

A Utah linguist says dozens of native languages across the Americas could disappear within a few generations with the downsizing of a prominent university program.

September 23, 2012

STEM

Perspective: Linking STEM Women Online to Students

Women in Technology Sharing Online is a six-week program co-sponsored by Harvey Mudd College to encourage female students to enter STEM fields.

September 20, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Film about Mississippi School Integration Premieres at Barnard College

Forty years after a group of students integrated an all-White high school in Batesville, Miss., they discuss their experiences in a new documentary.

September 18, 2012

Home

Maryland Doctoral Student Driven by Intellectual, Social Concerns to Become Award-Winning Volunteer

Amy Pucino, a Ph.D. student at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, said volunteer work with an Iraqi immigrant family has played a significant role in shaping her academic goals.

September 17, 2012

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Says It’s Not Responsible for Hazing Death

Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion.

September 11, 2012