Arrman KyawNews RoundupTwo New Presidents Named for Minnesota CollegesDr. Edward Inch has been named president of Minnesota State University, Mankato and Dr. Deidra Peaslee has been named president of St. Paul College, Yahoo News reported. Since 2016, Inch has been provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, East Bay. He starts July 1. Since July 2019, Peaslee has been […]March 18, 2021Latest NewsDr. Cynthia T. Anthony Will Be Lawson State Community College’s First Female PresidentDr. Cynthia T. Anthony is as much a veteran in the Alabama Community College System as anyone could be, having spent more than 30 years in various roles. And now, she’s gone from interim president to president of Lawson State Community College, the school where she first started her career.March 17, 2021News RoundupBethune-Cookman University President Resigns to Become President of Bentley UniversityDr. E. LaBrent Chrite will become the ninth president of Bentley University, a private Massachusetts college known for its business program. Chrite was most recently president of Bethune-Cookman University, a predominantly Black college in Florida before he resigned Tuesday morning, Spectrum News 13 reported. According to Bethune-Cookman, Chrite announced his resignation to his cabinet and […]March 17, 2021African-AmericanColumbia University to Offer Six Additional Graduation Ceremonies for Different Races, Ethnicities and OthersColumbia University will offer six additional graduation ceremonies based on race, ethnicity and other self-identifying factors of undergrad students, USA Today reported. The new options are Native, Asian, Latino and Black, Lavender (for LGBTQ+ students) and first-generation and low-income. These events – open to all students – are in addition to the university-wide commencement ceremony. […]March 17, 2021COVID-19Mass Vaccine Center to Open at Virginia State University’s Ettrick CampusA new mass vaccine center opened at Virginia State University on Wednesday, NBC 12 reported. The center will be available for residents in Chesterfield, Colonial Heights and the Crater Health District, which serves areas such as Petersburg, Hopewell and Emporia. The center will only be available for people pre-registered for the COVID-19 vaccine and with […]March 17, 2021African-AmericanPhilander Smith College Receives $25,000 Gift to Honor Civil Rights Lawyer Scipio A. JonesPhilander Smith College, a historically Black college in Arkansas, has received a $25,000 gift from Rush and Linda Harding to honor civil rights lawyer Scipio A. Jones who attended the school in 1883. Later this year, a commissioned portrait of Jones will be put on display in the downtown Little Rock post office, the Scipio […]March 17, 2021News RoundupDr. Carlos O. Cortez Named Chancellor of San Diego Community College DistrictDr. Carlos O. Cortez, president of the San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) since 2015, will be chancellor of the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD), effective July 1. As SDCCD chancellor, Cortez will oversee San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges and the San Diego College of Continuing Education. Cortez has been an […]March 16, 2021African-AmericanBoston University’s Center for Antiracist Research and Boston Globe’s Opinion Team to Bring Back Antislavery Newspaper, The EmancipatorBoston University’s Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe‘s opinion team are resurrecting the U.S.’s first antislavery newspaper, The Emancipator, founded more than 200 years ago. “Just as 19th-century abolitionist newspapers hastened abolition, this project will amplify critical voices, ideas, and evidence-based opinion in an effort to reframe the national conversation and hasten racial […]March 16, 2021COVID-19Norwich Residents Look to Buy Mainstay Dairy Farm from Vermont Technical CollegeApproximately 100 people are pledging money to buy a dairy farm before Vermont Technical College sells it to the highest bidder, VT Digger reported. The Norwich Farm Creamery – a 200-year-old farm – is now being divided and sold, with part of the property put on the market for $1.7 million last June and another […]March 16, 2021News RoundupWeill Cornell Medicine to Launch Programs for Faculty Diversity Through $5 Million Mastercard Impact Fund GrantWeill Cornell Medicine will launch several programs to create a more diverse faculty through a $5 million grant from the Mastercard Impact Fund. Programs will include a mentoring curriculum, a faculty diversity incentive program and competitive career development awards for junior faculty from underrepresented in medicine (URM) populations and those with childcare commitments, often female faculty. The […]March 16, 2021Previous PagePage 185 of 225Next Page
