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Native Americans

Institute of American Indian Arts Creates “Virtual Reservation” Exhibit

The Institute of American Indian Arts is now running the second of two virtual exhibits featuring seniors’ artwork, called “Virtual Reservation.” It’s a collaboration between faculty, IT staff and students using software from Ortelia Interactive, an Australian company.

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SDSU Launches Career Preparation Program for Black Students

To prepare Black students for the transition from postsecondary education to the workforce, San Diego State University (SDSU) created the Hal Brown Career Learning and Understanding Biases (HB CLUB) program.

TMCF Receives $5 Million to Fund Need-Based HBCU Scholarship Program

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has received $5 million from philanthropist Stephen Feinberg’s charitable foundation to fund a scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black institutions (PBIs). The Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program will give need-based scholarships to students at these institutions who are facing financial hardships. Feinberg is […]

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Thomas Stith Named President of North Carolina Community College System

Thomas Stith will be the next president of the North Carolina community college system, effective Jan. 11, The News & Observer reported. Stith previously worked as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s North Carolina district office director. He is also the co-founder of a business development consulting firm and was a senior adviser on investment, development […]

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Hampton University President Dr. William Harvey Announces Retirement, Effective June 2022

Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has announced his retirement after 43 years, effective June 30, 2022, according to university officials. Harvey – a businessman as well – began as president in 1978. He runs Hampton like “a business for educational purposes,” according to a university press release. “The formula for any success that […]

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Anthropologist and Race Scholar Dr. Leith Mullings Dead at 75

Anthropologist Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings, whose work was on the Sojourner Syndrome, establishing the fundamental understanding of negative effects that amplified stresses of race, class and inequality have on African Americans – especially African American women – has died at the age of 75, Social Science Space reported. Mullings – former president of the American […]

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Asian American Pacific Islander

Diversity’s Day of Infamy

The recent revelation that Johns Hopkins, once thought to be a “good guy”, owned four slaves himself is one of those backward looks in time that brings about a major shame. However awkward, exposing the truth is always important.

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Report Examines How HBCUs Can Create Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Students

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a report analyzing ways historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have fostered an inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) students on their campuses.

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African-American

Senate Passes Bill Bolstering HBCU Participation in Federal Programs

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that requiring agencies to submit plans on bolstering the capacity of historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to participate in federal programs and initiatives, sending the proposal to the President’s desk. The president is expected to sign the bill. The bill, the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a […]

Deb Price, Pioneer Gay Life Columnist, Dead at 62

Deborah Jane Price – the U.S.’s first mainstream lesbian columnist who wrote about gay life – died at 62 on Nov. 20, the New York Times reported. Price wrote about high-profile LGBTQ+ issues but also the nuances of everyday gay life. Price – born Feb. 27, 1958, in Lubbock, Texas – died from interstitial pneumonitis. […]

Former HBCU Athletes Sue NCAA for Disproportionate Discrimination

A group of former HBCU athletes is suing the NCAA, “claiming academic standards and subsequent penalties for not meeting them disproportionately discriminates against black athletes and universities,” HBCU Sports reported. The 58-page Thursday lawsuit demanded that the Academic Progress Rate (APR) – a metric to indicate student athletes’ and team’s academic success – be abolished, […]

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Clemson University Will Open First LGBTQ Residential Community Next Fall

Clemson University is opening its first LGBTQ “living and learning community” in fall 2021, a project ten years in the making, according to LGBTQ students.

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