Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyGovernor Calls for Investigation of University of Virginia IncidentVirginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has called for state police to investigate an arrest of a Black student from the University of Virginia who was allegedly bloodied and bruised Wednesday morning by White officers from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Witnesses have told various news outlets that the altercation was unprovoked.March 18, 2015HomeCal State Student Group Wants Ban OverturnedThe Chi Alpha student group has sent a letter to the California State University administrators seeking to have its local chapter reinstated on the Stanislaus campus.March 17, 2015StudentsFAMU Wind Symphony to Perform at Carnegie HallThe Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Wind Symphony is scheduled to make a ground-breaking performance at Carnegie Hall on March 29.March 11, 2015StudentsVideo Surfaces of Oklahoma Frat House Mom Chanting N-WordThe University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity made news once again this week when a video surfaced of the fraternity house mom, Beauton Gilbow, chanting the N-word several times.March 10, 2015Leadership & PolicyThurgood Marshall College Fund and Apple Announce PartnershipThurgood Marshall College and Apple announced an over $40 million, multi-year partnership to identify and develop talent from HBCUs.March 10, 2015StudentsBarbara Walters Donates $15M to Sarah Lawrence CollegeJournalism giant and Sarah Lawrence College alumna Barbara Walters is donating $15 million to her alma mater to establish The Barbara Walters Campus Center.February 26, 2015HomeUniversity of Richmond Selects Crutcher as PresidentThe University of Richmond has selected Ronald A. Crutcher as its 10th president, making him the first African-American to lead the Virginia school founded in 1830.February 24, 2015Community CollegesSojourner-Douglass College Loses Appeal to Reclaim AccreditationThe Middle States Commission on Higher Education cited the Baltimore school’s inadequate financial resources.February 22, 2015African-AmericanActivists at Rally Vow S.C. State Won’t CloseBlack lawmakers promised more than 1,000 supporters of South Carolina State University at a rally Monday at the Statehouse in Columbia that a legislative proposal to close the HBCU will not be enacted.February 16, 2015African-AmericanSpelman College Suspends The Cosby Chair for the Humanities IndefinitelySpelman College has decided to suspend a prestigious professorship funded in part by Bill and Camille Cosby.December 14, 2014Previous PagePage 22 of 115Next Page
