Janet KlineAfrican-AmericanPresident Obama Headlines Virtual HBCU Commencement CelebrationFormer President Barack Obama delivered a rousing commencement speech on Saturday to graduates of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) urging them to “have a vision that isn’t clouded by cynicism or fear.”May 17, 2020African-AmericanTwo Young HBCU Graduates Raise Funds for Students Impacted by COVID-19In the wake of COVID-19, Jonathan Allen and Derrick Young Jr. were anxious to lend a helping hand. Both Allen and Young — two graduates of Grambling State University, a historically Black university in Louisiana — launched an online fund to provide small emergency grants to Boston-area college students displaced by coronavirus.April 24, 2020HomeDr. Jack Thomas Tapped to Lead Central State UniversityNearly eight months after Dr. Jack Thomas resigned as president of Western Illinois University (WIU) he was selected on Friday to serve as the ninth president of Central State University—a historically Black university in Wilberforce, Ohio.February 9, 2020Faculty & StaffJHU Faculty Protest Armed Police Force on CampusMore than a 100 faculty members at Johns Hopkins University is protesting a plan to create an armed school police force at the private Baltimore university, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. “If Johns Hopkins wants to cultivate better relations with its neighbors and with the City government, the creation of a private […]January 27, 2020News RoundupOrange Coast College Baseball Coach Killed in Helicopter CrashJohn Altobelli, the longtime baseball coach at Orange Coast College, was killed along with his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash Sunday that also took the lives of Kobe Bryant and the retired NBA superstar’s daughter, Gianna. Altobelli spent 27 seasons as coach at the community college in Costa Mesa, California. The team won […]January 27, 2020News RoundupGeorgia Considers Limits On College Course PaymentsGeorgia lawmakers are considering limits on what colleges high school students can enroll at and what courses they can take for credit. It’s an effort to cut down on costs by restricting the number of students earning college credit before they graduate high school. House Bill 444 would also limit most students taking academic courses […]January 17, 2020HBCUsCheyney University’s Accreditation is ReaffirmedAfter years of struggle, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced that Cheyney University—the historically Black university located in Pennsylvania—will keep its accreditation.November 25, 2019HBCUsStudents Protest Elimination of Strayhorn’s PositionMore than a 100 students at Lemoyne-Owen College (LOC) staged a protest following the firing of Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn, a popular vice president of student and academic affairs at the historically Black college located in Memphis.November 17, 2019News RoundupDr. Dwight McBride Named President of The New SchoolDr. Dwight A. McBride, a prominent literary scholar who is currently the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University, has been named the ninth president of The New School. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Dwight to The New School,” said Joseph R. Gromek, chair of the Board of Trustees and […]October 13, 2019News RoundupFormer UVA President Appointed Interim Provost at MSUDr. Teresa Sullivan, the former president of the University of Virginia, has been appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Michigan State University. The appointment comes in the wake of Dr. June Youatt’s resignation last month amid a federal investigation into MSU’s handling of the Larry Nassar and William Strampel case. “Terry […]October 6, 2019Page 1 of 2Next Page
