Diverse StaffLatinxHispanic School Population Nearly Double 1990 MarkThe number of Hispanic students in the nation’s public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60 percent of the total enrollment growth, a report by the Pew Hispanic Center notes.August 26, 2008StudentsReservation Gets Help From Engineering StudentsThe University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit organization that designs and implements sustainable engineering projects for communities, has embarked on a project to assist the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, its first long-term domestic project, said UW-Madison in a recent news release.August 24, 2008StudentsUnited Tribes Powwow Committee Hosts Annual CelebrationThe United Tribes Powwow Committee is once against hosting one of the longest-running contest powwows in the country.August 24, 2008Native AmericansPartnership Receives Gates and Lumina GrantsThe Partnership for Native American College Access and Success received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities, Evergreen State College announced.August 24, 2008Community CollegesCommunity College Students at a GlanceOne-third of community college students who enrolled directly from high school in 2004 had no intention of going beyond earning an associate degree, but within two years 47 percent of this group raised their expectation to pursue a bachelor’s degree.August 20, 2008LGBTQ+CORRECTIONThe story, “Journalism Educators Association Aims to Step Up Diversity Efforts,” published online Aug. 11, 2008 contained factual errors that have since been corrected. The story should have said that Tony Atwater was the first African-American to lead AEJMC from 1992 to 1993. The Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on the Status of Minorities and the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Interest Group were established several years earlier than reported.August 20, 2008HBCUsOn DiverseEducation.com – The Academy Speaks BlogBecause most of the faces in historically Black college classrooms are of a darker hue, we typically ignore the need for multicultural affairs and intercultural conflict resolution in our midst.August 20, 2008African-AmericanSimmons Professor Wins Prestigious Poetry PrizeAfaa Michael Weaver, an English professor at Simmons College (Mass.), has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, one of the most prestigious honors, for his poem “American Income.”August 20, 2008HomeNew MLK Specialization at Union Institute & UniversityDoctoral students at Union Institute & University in Cincinnati will now have the opportunity to specialize in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work through the school’s interdisciplinary studies program.August 20, 2008HomeProfessional AppointmentsMiroslava Mejia Krug has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer at Roosevelt University (Ill.). Previously she served as chief financial officer for the Chicago Housing Authority. Krug received a bachelor’s from the University of Panama and an MBA from the Latin America Science and Technology University. MICHELLE COOK has been named vice […]August 20, 2008Previous PagePage 77 of 115Next Page
