Jessica Ruf (EDU)Jessica Ruf is a writer and copy editor for the print magazine at Diverse. She can be reached at [email protected].News RoundupDr. F. King Alexander Named Next President of Oregon State UniversityDr. F. King Alexander has been unanimously appointed Oregon State University’s (OSU) next president by the school’s board of trustees. Most recently the president and chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU), Alexander has past presidential experience at Murray State University in Kentucky and California State University Long Beach where he was twice awarded “CSU president […]December 16, 2019News RoundupFoundation Pulls $1.5 Million Following UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ SettlementThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation withdrew its anticipated $1.5 million grant to the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in direct response to the school’s decision to allocate $2.5 million to the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans for the upkeep of a Confederate memorial. The grant, according to the foundation’s director of communications, […]December 16, 2019News RoundupJudith Brown Clarke Named Chief Diversity Officer at Stony Brook UniversityDr. Judith Brown Clarke has been appointed chief diversity officer at Stony Brook University, where she will serve on the university’s council and work to promote a culture of equity and inclusion. Clarke is currently serving as diversity director of the Bio-Computational Evolution in Action Consortium Science and Technology Center at Michigan State University. In […]December 15, 2019Recruitment & RetentionABA: Total Law School Enrollment Rises by 2%, But Not For MinoritiesLaw school enrollment rose 2% or by 132,684 students in 2019, but not for minorities, the American Bar Association (ABA) reported. Minority enrollment, which had decreased by .2% or by 11,879 students, equaled about a third of the data, meaning minority students remain underrepresented. The findings arrive as the law industry, having been called one […]December 15, 2019News RoundupFaculty Members Urge Syracuse University to Create Campus-Wide Diversity CoursesNearly 150 faculty members at Syracuse University have signed a petition calling for a university-wide, liberal arts core curriculum that would foster critical thinking on issues surrounding diversity, reported The Daily Orange. The letter comes in response to a series of at least 17 hate crimes and bias-related incidents on or near SU’s campus since Nov. […]December 12, 2019News RoundupN.C. Attorney General, Civil Rights Group Criticize UNC’s “Silent Sam” SettlementNorth Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein “lashed out” in response to the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) gift of $2.5 million to a Confederate heritage group for the preservation of a Civil War memorial, according to The Washington Post. Stein criticized the school, saying the money would be better spent helping students. As part of […]December 12, 2019StudentsGroup of UCSC Graduate Student Workers On StrikeA group of graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike and withholding students’ semester grades until given a 70% pay increase, which would equal an additional $1,412 a month. According to the students, the raise would account for the higher cost of living in Santa Cruz, which they […]December 12, 2019News RoundupTuskegee Receives $50,000 Grant to Preserve Civil Rights HistoryThe National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a $50,000 grant to Tuskegee University to help preserve its civil rights history. The two-year NPS African American Civil Rights grant was specifically given to the Tuskegee Institute Summer Education Program (TISEP) and the Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP) — both volunteer networks created in the 1960s […]December 11, 2019StudentsHoward University Receives $4 Million Gift to Invest in Minority STEM ScholarshipHoward University received $4 million from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to fund the Bison STEM Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to increase the number of minority students earning a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by alleviating their financial burden. The gift, which is the largest amount Howard has received from […]December 11, 2019News RoundupTrump to Sign Executive Order Targeting Anti-Semitism on CampusDonald Trump will sign an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college and university campuses, according to the Associated Press. The order will broaden the federal government’s definition of anti-Semitism, thus allowing schools more opportunities to enforce laws against discrimination while also allowing the government to withhold money from campuses deemed biased. According to the AP, […]December 11, 2019Previous PagePage 39 of 43Next Page
