Ronald RoachHBCUsThe new crusaders: environmental education producing cadre of freedom fighters – from toxic wasteWhile studying chemistry at Xavier University in New Orleans, Robert Swayzer III excelled in the classroom during his freshman and sophomore years. Although the twenty-three-year-old Winnsboro, Louisiana, native decided against pursuing medical school early on in his college career, Swayzer’s performance as a chemistry major won him an environmental research scholarship as a junior through Xavier’s Center for Environmental Programs.July 4, 2007HealthPinn expands the scope of NIH – Vivian W. Pinn, National Institutes of Health – special report: health sciencesWhen Dr. Bernadine Healy, the renowned A cardiologist who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), undertook a search in 1991 to hire the first permanent director of NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), she did not have to look far to fill the position.June 23, 2007HBCUsPolitics as it is played – lobbying activities of historically Black collegesIn a move that surprised alumni and other observers, Tuskegee University officials recently decided to close its long established Washington office and hire lobbyists instead.June 23, 2007StudentsTechnology … it’s not just for science departments anymore – implementing technology at collegesAs a graduate student at Ohio State University in the early 1990s, Dr. Leslie Fenwick had grown accustomed to having access to computers and to using her own campus-issued computer. “They were part of the landscape. Computers were just part of the university setting,” Fenwick said.June 22, 2007Faculty & StaffMinority businesses collaborate with HBCUs to develop new technologies – Federal Government Encouraging HBCU-minority business alliance – historically Black colleges and universitiesWhen Veatronics Corporation needed engineering expertise to develop a highly advanced fetal monitor last year, it turned to North Carolina A&T State University for help.June 20, 2007HomeHanging in the BalanceFederal legislation may chart new course for states considering whether to grant in-state tuition to undocumented immigrant students.May 30, 2007HomeHanging in the BalanceFederal legislation may chart new course for states considering whether to grant in-state tuition to undocumented immigrant students.May 29, 2007Community CollegesMeeting Labor Demands by Improving Education Access For Home-grown TalentAlthough California’s modern economy has relied heavily on highly skilled out-of-state U.S.-born and immigrant talent, a newly released study by the Public Policy Institute of California says that meeting state work force needs over the next two decades will require sharp increases in the production of college-educated native Californians.May 28, 2007Leadership & PolicyBettering the Black College ParadigmAs president of Huston-Tillotson University, Dr. Larry L. Earvin knows that a successful capital campaign will do wonders for his small, historically Black private school in Austin, Texas.May 9, 2007Leadership & PolicyBettering the Black College ParadigmThe UNCF’s new Institute for Capacity Building aims to help its member schools improve their operations and stability.May 2, 2007Previous PagePage 42 of 55Next Page
