Pearl Stewart2023A Change AgentDr. Lesley Shawler has been described as 'an innovator and a scholar' working within the university and in the surrounding community to effect positive change.January 12, 20232023Spotlighting Rural CommunitiesDr. Darris Means' scholarship 'examines racial and class inequities in rural contexts, challenging monolithic perspectives that equate rurality to whiteness.'January 12, 2023Rising Graduate ScholarsCommitted to Giving BackMelissa Wheeler was propelled toward her doctorate by a professor once telling her that “statistically, you are not supposed to be here,” so she pursued not only a master’s degree in counseling psychology but is now a fourth-year doctoral candidate.March 16, 2022Rising Graduate ScholarsAn Inquiring MindIn her Ph.D. research, Rhondene Wint combines wet lab experimentation with computational methods. She points out that her current research investigates the genetic basis of neurogenesis.March 16, 2022STEMNSF-Funded Initiative Promotes Diversity Within STEM Faculty RanksEven before the acronym “STEM” was introduced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2001, academics were grappling with the overall lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the specific need to accelerate the process of diversifying STEM faculty.July 6, 2021HomeCitrus College’s Retiring President Dr. Geraldine Perri Shows How Community Colleges Can Change LivesBorn and raised in New York City’s South Bronx as one of five children to a father who was a taxi driver and a mother who was a dental hygienist, Dr. Geraldine Perri learned the value of community college education from her neighborhood, her mother and her own experiences.June 28, 2021Community CollegesWisconsin Northcentral Technical College President Dr. Lori Weyers Prepares for Retirement After Lifelong Love of EducationMany people begin making career plans in high school or college. For Dr. Lori Weyers, the process began a bit earlier. “As early as kindergarten I wanted to be in education,” says Weyers, who is retiring as president of Wisconsin’s Northcentral Technical College.June 21, 2021LGBTQ+Ending the Hate: Scholars Emphasize Activism for LGBTQ+ Social ChangePeople who identify as LGBTQ+ are nearly four times more likely than their heterosexual peers to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault and aggravated or simple assault, according to a study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law released last October.June 9, 2021Asian American Pacific IslanderScholars Call for Academia To Address Anti-Asian Bias With Structural ChangeProfessors of Asian heritage at U.S. colleges and universities have faced daunting challenges in the past year, and those struggles have intensified in recent months as violence and hate incidents against Asian Americans have escalated.May 10, 2021Faculty & StaffSurvey Reveals Full-time Faculty Suffer Losses from COVID-19The number of full-time faculty decreased at most U.S. colleges and universities and full-time faculty wages, adjusted for inflation, also decreased at most institutions, based on the latest Faculty Compensation Survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).April 14, 2021Page 1 of 23Next Page
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