Diverse StaffHomeGrants and GiftsBrigham Young University (Utah) has received a $320,000 grant from The Micron Technology Foundation for microelectronics research and undergraduate training. California State University, Northridge has been awarded $80,000 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The funds will be used to sponsor senior student film projects, purchase hardware and software upgrades and help underwrite the university’s […]October 21, 2007HomeHow Spelman College Boosted Alumni-giving ParticipationSpelman ended fiscal year 2007 with 3,773 donors for an alumni-giving participation rate of 28 percent — a 75 percent increase over 2006.October 16, 2007StudentsProfessional AppointmentsKevin Gover, a professor of law and affiliate professor of the American Indian studies program at Arizona State University, has been named director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Eric […]October 2, 2007SportsGrants and GiftsThe AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT, a nonprofit sponsor of group insurance and charitable giving programs for the more than 400,000 members of the American Bar Association, has donated $3.7 MILLION to improve the ABA Fund for Justice and Education. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and the regents of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA have received $7.5 MILLION […]October 2, 2007StudentsMissouri’s Journalism SchoolTen outstanding leaders in the field of journalism will receive one of the industry’s highest awards, the prestigious Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism presented annually by the Missouri School of Journalism.October 2, 2007HomeRemixed and ReloadedSpelman College’s Museum of Fine Art is presenting a groundbreaking exhibition of video art by Black women artists.October 2, 2007SportsVideo Football GamingA video game soon to hit stores will offer what has yet to be seen: the Black college footballwatching experience.October 2, 2007HomeStamp Honors 60th AnniversarySixty years ago, a landmark desegregation ruling opened the door toward equality in education for Mexican American students in California — and ultimately for all students in the United States.October 2, 2007StudentsPreparing Students for Workplace DiversityVirginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business has established a center and undergraduate studies program focusing on business diversity.September 19, 2007African-AmericanUW Black History Web Site Surpasses 1 Million VisitsA Web site based at the University of Washington-Seattle featuring African-American history, has just passed the million mark in visits.September 19, 2007Previous PagePage 97 of 115Next Page
