Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyDartmouth’s New President First Asian To Lead Ivy League InstitutionA Korean-born doctor and humanitarian known as a leader the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases will become the next president of Dartmouth College.March 2, 2009SportsCIAA, Double the Pleasure for JCSUThe Johnson C. Smith University men’s basketball team, the Golden Bulls, seized their second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) championship by defeating Virginia Union University 70-63 Saturday night at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., before an overflow crowd.March 2, 2009HomeColumbia U. Names First Black Woman College DeanColumbia University’s new college dean is the first Black and the first woman to serve in the post.March 1, 2009LatinxLOC Highlights People of Panamanian IslandsThe Library of Congress Hispanic Division will convene a symposium this Friday focusing on the culture of a people indigenous to the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama.February 24, 2009HealthGrants & GiftsThe COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF AURORA (Colo.) has received a $597,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation to establish an organization for business leaders to help promote public policy for two-year colleges. The CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM has been awarded a $2 MILLION grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help train and educate students for […]February 18, 2009Asian American Pacific IslanderDiverse CalendarMarch 5-7AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 4th Annual National Conference “Achieving Hispanic Success” Hyatt Regency Riverwalk San Antonio Web: www.aahhe.org March 11-15 THE NATIONAL BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION 21st Annual Conference “Engaged. Empowered. Expect It.” Doubletree Downtown Houston Contact: Dorothy E. Hines E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nbgsa.org March 12-14 TWELFTH ANNUAL REGIONAL HBCU SUMMIT […]February 18, 2009HomeProfessional AppointmentsDR. TITO GUERRERO is president of Cambridge College (Mass.). Most recently he served as vice president and associate provost for diversity at Texas A&M University. Guerrero earned a bachelor’s from Texas A&M, a master’s from the University of North Texas and a doctorate from Harvard University. DR. MONAIR J. HAMILTON is the new director of […]February 18, 2009LatinxTV Festival Explores Latino Image in FilmForty films showing the progression of how Latino characters and culture are depicted in cinema will be the stars of a festival hosted by Turner Classic Movies and Chon Noriega, author and film professor from the University of California/Los Angeles.February 17, 2009LatinxHispanic Enrollment Up, Bucking Trend at UT AustinAlthough spring enrollment is down over all at the University of Texas at Austin, numbers are up slightly for Hispanic, African American and foreign students, a preliminary report shows.February 17, 2009LatinxUniversity and R.I. Latino Policy Institute Enter AgreementRoger Williams University and the Rhode Island Latino Policy Institute have agreed on a research partnership.February 17, 2009Previous PagePage 62 of 115Next Page
