Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyNew Council at UK Works to Reach More Latino StudentsThe University of Kansas’s newly formed Latino Vision Council is working to find ways to assist Latinos in gaining access to college.July 29, 2008Faculty & StaffDelaware Professor Awarded Competitive FellowshipRosalie Rolon-Dow, assistant professor of education at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious and highly competitive Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship for next year.July 29, 2008Leadership & PolicyLeaders of New Idaho Community College Propose Scaled-back BudgetAdministrators for Idaho’s newest college, scheduled to open in January, have proposed cutting a quarter of the school’s budget to avoid breaking a promise to voters to keep property taxes down.July 23, 2008HomeNew York Congressman Charlie Rangel Invites Ethics Probe of His Fundraising for City College CenterRep. Charles Rangel asked the House Ethics Committee on Thursday to investigate his fundraising for a college research center named after him, saying a probe would prove he did nothing wrong.July 23, 2008StudentsWorld’s First J-School Celebrates 100 YearsThe world’s first J-school, the University of Missouri-Columbia’s School of Journalism, will celebrate its centennial anniversary Sept. 10-12 by officially opening the doors of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, a think tank where scholars will study journalism of the 21st century. Founding Dean Walter Williams welcomed the school’s first class of students on Sept. 14, 1908, […]July 23, 2008Asian American Pacific IslanderMaynard Institute Celebrates Three Decades of Training Minority JournalistsDori Maynard, president and CEO of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, will receive the Asian American Journalists Association’s Leadership in Diversity Award, which will be presented to her at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention July 23-27 in Chicago. The institute, which has trained and placed more minority journalists than any other […]July 23, 2008MSIsMeet the BloggersIn Diverse’s new blog, The Academy Speaks, academicians sound off on issues in the academy and issues affecting people of color in general. Excerpts from the blog: “I was shocked to see the headline ‘White Valedictorian Makes Morehouse History’ on the front page of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. I have to admit that my initial […]July 23, 2008HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Harry Lee Williams has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs of Delaware State University. Previously, he served as interim associate vice president of academic affairs at the University of North Carolina General Administration. Williams earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Appalachian State University and a doctorate from East Tennessee State University. […]July 23, 2008HomeGrants & GiftsJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY’S CHILDREN’S CENTER has received a $5 MILLION grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to establish a basic and transnational research center that will consolidate research, treatment and care of adult and pediatric patients. OHIO UNIVERSITY’S RUSS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY has eceived a $92 MILLION gift in securities […]July 23, 2008LatinxDiverse CalendarSept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference and Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. www.nbmbaa.org Sept. 22-24 National College Access Network Annual Conference Hilton Americas Hotel Houston www.collegeaccess.org /NCAN/ Sept. 24-27 Appalachian State University’s National Center for Developmental Education 4th International Conference on Research in Access and Developmental Education The Condado […]July 23, 2008Previous PagePage 80 of 115Next Page
