Diverse StaffAfrican-AmericanFlorida A&M Receives $85M in Software From Siemens Corp.The university says the grant is the largest in-kind gift in its history.February 26, 2014Community CollegesPhilander Smith College President Johnny Moore ResignsDr. Johnny Moore has resigned as president of Philander Smith College after less than two years on the job.February 20, 2014Faculty & StaffHampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega CollegeDr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.February 5, 2014Community CollegesSt. Paul’s College Officially for SaleThe financially strapped school in Lawrenceville, Va., that shut down last year is now listed with Motley’s Auction and Realty Group for a sealed bid auction of its buildings and acreage. Bids will be accepted through March.February 4, 2014Faculty & StaffStanford Dean Claude Steele Selected as UC Berkeley ProvostClaude Steele, social psychology scholar and dean of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, has been tapped to serve as the next executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Berkeley.January 13, 2014Faculty & StaffSouthern Cuisine, Civil Rights Author, DiesJohn Egerton, an authority on the history of Nashville, Tenn., Southern cuisine and the early days of the civil rights movement, has died.November 21, 2013SportsGrambling to Appeal Conference Sanctions Over ForfeitureGrambling State University announced that it would appeal financial penalties imposed Wednesday by the Southwestern Athletic Conference for the school forfeiting its Oct. 19 football game against Jackson State.November 13, 2013SportsGrambling Turns to 2nd Interim Football CoachGrambling University, rocked by the football’s team boycott of practice on Wednesday, named its second interim coach Thursday since firing school legend Doug Williams as head coach last month.October 17, 2013HomeFormer Congressman Stokes Named Kent State’s New President’s AmbassadorFormer Congressman Louis Stokes has been named as the 2013-2014 Kent State President’s Ambassador, a one-year, part-time appointment beginning this fall. In this position, Stokes is expected to help promote pluralistic understanding and mutual respect among diverse constituencies of students, staff, faculty and administrators at Kent State; help address diversity challenges; implement diversity initiatives; engage students; and assist with other responsibilities that advance university-wide goals.October 8, 2013Leadership & PolicyNorfolk State Names Interim President, CEOOn Friday, September 13, Norfolk State University Board of Visitors appointed Eddie N. Moore Jr. interim president and CEO of the 78-year-old Hampton Roads University, announced Board of Visitors Rector Thomas N. Chewning.September 15, 2013Previous PagePage 25 of 115Next Page
