David PluvioseAfrican-AmericanFormer FAMU, TSU President Dr. Frederick Humphries Passes Away at 85Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, former president of Florida A&M and Tennessee State universities, passed away last week at the age of 85. During a long and distinguished career of leadership and advocacy for HBCUs, Humphries also served as president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. As news of the […]June 28, 2021News RoundupWebinar to Examine How Stimulus Funds Can Be Used to Advance Education EquityThe Southern Education Foundation and Bellwether Education Partners are hosting a webinar on April 28 from 1-2 p.m. (EST) titled, “Recovery and Reinvention: District and Agency Strategies for Advancing Education Equity.” This webinar is focused on examining how states and school districts can best invest federal stimulus funds to advance education equity. Scheduled panelists are […]April 22, 2021SportsJackson State Names Deion Sanders Head Football CoachPro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders was named head football coach at Jackson State University, an HBCU based in Jackson, Mississippi, according to The Associated Press. Sanders is currently the offensive coordinator at Trinity Christian School-Cedar Hill in Texas. This will be his first stint as a head football coach. Acting Jackson State President […]September 21, 2020African-AmericanTwo New Orleans HBCU Presidents Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine TrialNBC News reported that two presidents of historically Black colleges and universities, Drs. Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University and Dr. C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana, “stunned their campuses when they announced in a joint message that they had participated in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 and then encouraged students to do […]September 17, 2020News RoundupSyracuse University Restarts Initiative to Hire Faculty from Minority GroupsThe Daily Orange reported that a Syracuse University (SU) initiative “to recruit and retain faculty from underrepresented groups has restarted this fall despite a faculty hiring freeze.” According to the The Daily Orange, LaVonda Reed, Syracuse’s associate provost for faculty affairs, said that SU “enacted hiring freezes for faculty and staff in the spring to […]September 9, 2020SportsBig Ten, Pac-12 Postpone Entire Fall Sports SeasonESPN reported that on Tuesday, Big Ten Conference presidents and chancellors voted “to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, amid the coronavirus pandemic with the hopes of playing in the spring.” ESPN also reported that the Pac-12 CEO group “voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone all sports through the end of the year, the conference announced.” In […]August 11, 2020SportsBig Ten Football Programs to Remain in ‘Acclimatization Period’ESPN reported that Big Ten football programs “will remain in the ‘acclimatization period’ of practices, allowed to use helmets as their only piece of protective equipment until further notice, the league announced Saturday.” According to ESPN, Big Ten football programs “opened preseason camps Thursday and Friday. NCAA rules state that teams must conduct their first […]August 9, 2020News RoundupLiberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to Take Leave of AbsenceLiberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. “will take an indefinite leave of absence” from his leadership role at Liberty, the board of trustees announced Friday, according to The New York Times, which noted that the news comes “days after Mr. Falwell posted, and then deleted, a photograph on Instagram of him posing alongside […]August 7, 2020African-AmericanDr. Paul Harris Set to Receive Tenure, Promotion After UVA Officials Reconsider CaseReversing course, a Promotion and Tenure Committee at the University of Virginia (UVA) has voted to recommend Dr. Paul C. Harris for tenure and promotion. Previously, a Promotion and Tenure Committee voted to deny tenure for Harris, an assistant professor of education at UVA.July 26, 2020HomeDr. Michael Drake Named University of California System PresidentThe University of California Board of Regents announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dr. Michael Drake as president of the 10-campus University of California system. Drake will be the first African American to serve in the role.July 7, 2020Page 1 of 4Next Page
