Arrman KyawNews RoundupDena Freeman-Patton Named Morgan State University Vice President and Director for Intercollegiate Athletics, First Woman in RoleDena Freeman-Patton will be Morgan State University’s vice president and director for intercollegiate athletics, effective June 1. The appointment makes her the first woman in the HBCU’s history hired to lead athletics.May 4, 2022News RoundupEastern Kentucky University Faculty and Staff UnionizeStaff and faculty at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) are unionizing due to what faculty are saying are longstanding issues, including those of wage stagnation, workload growth, unpaid work, and lack of representation in decision-making.May 3, 2022Faculty & StaffDr. Jane N. Irungu Named Utah State University’s First Vice President of DEIDr. Jane N. Irungu has been named Utah State University’s first vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Her role puts her on USU’s executive cabinet.May 3, 2022News RoundupDr. Anthony B. Johnson Appointed Provost at Morris Brown CollegeDr. Anthony B. Johnson has been appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta that is looking to regain its accreditation. Johnson is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Institutes for Historically Underserved Students. He most recently served as the interim […]July 9, 2021News RoundupMills College Alumni Sue School, Claims Blindsided by News of Closure or MergerMills College alumni are suing the school, alleging they were blindsided by the institution’s recent news to shutdown or merge with Northeastern University, SF Gate reported. The June 7 complaint claims Mills withheld information from alumni on the board of trustees, “thereby stifling [the] Plaintiffs’ ability to fulfill their fiduciary duties to Mills.” The alumni are […]July 9, 2021StudentsStudent Loan Service FedLoan Will Not Renew Federal ContractStudent loan servicer The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)— also known as FedLoan — will not renew its contract with the federal government when it expires in December, The New York Times reported. FedLoan oversees loans of 8.5 million student borrowers. It is one of the companies the Education Department pays to manage the […]July 9, 2021STEMTulane Graduate Medical Programs Put on Probation, Partly Due to Diversity ConcernsTulane University School of Medicine’s graduate medical education programs were put on probation last week, partly due to diversity and inclusion concerns, WDSU reported. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) notified the school Jul. 2, according to a letter Tulane medical school Dean Dr. Lee Hamm sent to faculty and students. The change […]July 8, 2021African-AmericanFormer University of Rhode Island Professor Sues School, Alleges Retaliation for Diversity AdvocacyFormer University of Rhode Island (URI) professor Dr. Louis Kwame Fosu is suing the school for firing him for challenging the school leadership’s lack of diversity, The Providence Journal reported. Fosu – political science professor – was fired in May. He is now suing URI, its board of trustees, outgoing president Dr. David Dooley, former […]July 8, 2021African-AmericanKent State University Renames Department of Pan-African StudiesKent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies will be renamed the Department of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Fall 2021, Kent Wired reported. Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, associate professor in the department of Pan-African studies said the curriculum will stay the same. “The material being taught in the department of Africana […]July 8, 2021News RoundupDr. Kauline Cipriani Appointed Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Colorado State UniversityDr. Kauline Cipriani has been appointed vice president of diversity and inclusion at Colorado State University (CSU), effective Aug. 1, the Coloradoan reported. Additionally, Cipriani will hold a faculty position in the ethnic studies department. Past roles Cipriani has held include serving as associate dean for inclusive excellence at the Gillings School of Global Public […]July 8, 2021Previous PagePage 150 of 225Next Page
