Diverse StaffLatinxMigrant Education Program Graduates Honored in PennsylvaniaMore than 75 students from across Pennsylvania were honored May 27 for graduating from the Education Department’s migrant-education program.May 27, 2008LatinxImmigrants Are Assimilating Quickly, but Mexicans Lag Most, Report SaysDespite rapid growth in the immigrant population, newcomers of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, according to a conservative think tank.May 20, 2008InternationalOverseas Institutions Seek U.S. StudentsA survey of overseas higher education institutions indicates that U.S. students are the most sought-after international students, followed by students from China, India, Canada and Russia.May 19, 2008HomeNew Blood Transfusion Center for Man’s Best FriendThe University of California, Davis, recently launched a new communitybased canine blood donor program through its School of Veterinary Medicine.May 14, 2008HomeTaking the Road of Lifelong LearningThe late Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, renowned Pan- Africanist scholar, is being remembered with a $5,000 scholarship named in his honor by Road Scholar, an initiative of the world’s largest not-for-profit educational travel organization for adults, Elderhostel.May 14, 2008HomeProfessional AppointmentsDr. Edna Mora Szymanski has been appointed president of Minnesota State University, Moorhead, effective in July. She currently serves as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine. Szymanski holds a bachelor’s from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master’s from the University of Scranton and a doctorate from the University of […]May 14, 2008HomeGrants & GiftsThe CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has received a $10 MILLION gift from writer Michael “Mickey” Ross to establish a Jewish studies center at the college. KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE has received a $331,692 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its life-science center. A LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY chemist, Barry Dellinger, […]May 14, 2008HomeDiverse CalendarJune 2-6 African-American Leadership Institute UCLA Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Web: www.anderson.ucla.edu/EEPaali.xml June 10-14 National Association of Black Accountants Inc. 37th Annual National Convention and Expo Hilton Hotel AtlantaAtlanta Web: www.nabainc.org June 11-15 2008 International Assessment and Retention Conference “Assessment Reconsidered: Improving Learning, Student Success and Transparency” West Klerland Resort […]May 14, 2008StudentsNC System Reverses Itself, Won’t Admit UndocumentedNorth Carolina community colleges will have to wait longer for a resolution to a controversy over admitting undocumented students that has been brewing since the system issued a directive last December to do so as part of the prevailing open-admissions policyMay 13, 2008HomeDiverse CalendarJune 2-6 African-American Leadership Institute UCLA Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Web:www.anderson.ucla.eduEEPaali.xml June 21-24Association of College and University Housing Officers-International 2008 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition Disney Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista, Fla. www.acuho-i.org June 26-27 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education4th Annual John Hope Franklin Symposium and Awards Gala Duke […]April 30, 2008Previous PagePage 86 of 115Next Page
