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Rachel Dolezal and White Privilege

Virtually all segments of the media—liberal, conservative, alternative, mainstream—have been deeply immersed in the saga of Rachel Dolezal.

June 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

A ­Chinese exchange program provides African-American males at The Ohio State University with the opportunity to travel abroad.

June 8, 2015

African-American

Alabama Senate Seeks to Rename Edmund Pettus Bridge

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ― Alabama senators are seeking to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, a historic site in the voting rights movement that also bears the name of a Ku Klux Klan officer.

June 4, 2015

Students

NCCU Jazz Studies Program Declared Safe

News organizations misinterpreted a move by the UNC Board of Governors allowing realignment of music concentrations at North Carolina Central University as bringing an end to the celebrated Jazz education program.

June 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

The Music Lives On

With the death of B.B. King, “the blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend,” President Barack Obama said in a letter read at the famed guitarist’s funeral on Saturday, May 30, in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi. King, the son of sharecroppers, died on May 14 at the age of 89, leaving a rich legacy as an innovator and hard-working performer.

June 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

VICTORIA WATTS

VICTORIA WATTS has been appointed chair of dance at Cornish College of the Arts. She is currently lecturing at the University of South Australia. Watts earned a bachelor’s from the University of Surrey, a master’s from The Ohio State University and a doctorate from George Mason University.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

BRANDEN GRIMMETT

BRANDEN GRIMMETT has been named associate vice provost for the Office of Career and Professional Development at Loyola Marymount University. He will assume the position June 1. Grimmett is the current and founding director of the Piper Center for Vocation and Career at St. Olaf’s College in Northfield, Minnesota.He earned a bachelor’s from St. Olaf’s and a master’s from Harvard University.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

KANWAL SINGH

KANWAL SINGH has been appointed dean of the college at Sarah Lawrence College, effective August 1. She was associate dean of the college at Sarah Lawrence. Singh earned a bachelor’s from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.

May 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

EVERETT B. WARD

EVERETT B. WARD has been appointed president of Saint Augustine’s University. He was interim president of St. Augustine’s. Ward earned a bachelor’s from Saint Augustine’s, a master’s from North Carolina State University and a doctorate from North Carolina A&T State University.

May 26, 2015

African-American

KHRISTINA GONZALEZ

KHRISTINA GONZALEZ has been named associate dean of the college for programs of access and inclusion at Princeton University. She was associate director of the Writing Center at Princeton. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, a master’s from Notre Dame University and a doctorate from Brown University.

May 26, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Asian American Groups File Complaint Against Harvard Cal State Fullerton Top Degree Producer for Latinos Studying Health Identity Theft? Scholars Debate Cultural Appropriation in Greek Life Black Caucus Announces Tech Diversity Push

May 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Zane State College

Zane State College Chief Executive Officer Zanesville, Ohio Dr. Paul R. Brown Founded in 1969 President www.zanestate.edu Since its founding in 1969 as the Muskingum Area Technical Institute, the college known as Zane State College has changed names and physical locations. Today, Zane State’s main campus is in Zanesville, Ohio, at a location shared with […]

May 21, 2015