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HBCUs

PAMELA NOLAN YOUNG

PAMELA NOLAN YOUNG has been named director for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She was a private consultant on equality, privacy and diversity issues for colleges, businesses and individuals. Young earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, a master’s from Salem State College and a juris doctor from Notre Dame.

May 4, 2016

Community Colleges

Mitchell: U.S. College System Underperforming

The United States has some of the best colleges and universities in the world but is underperforming as a system, Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell said at the Education Writers Association (EWA) national seminar in Boston on Monday.

May 2, 2016

HBCUs

ALONDA WILLIAMS

ALONDA WILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing, community relations and enrollment management marketing at Bellevue College. She was senior director of education marketing at Microsoft. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Montclair State University and an MBA from Rutgers University.

April 20, 2016

Students

RAJEEV PARIKH

RAJEEV PARIKH has been named executive vice president for academic affairs at American International College. He was dean of the Walker College of Business and Management at Mercyhurst University. Parikh received a bachelor’s and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

April 20, 2016

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DOREEN EDWARDS

DOREEN EDWARDS has been named dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering and acting vice president of statutory affairs at Alfred University. Edwards earned a bachelor’s from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a doctorate from Northwestern University.

April 20, 2016

Students

Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs

“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]

April 19, 2016

Sports

CTE Students in Arkansas Found to Have Edge

A study shows that students who took more career and technical education courses were slightly more likely to finish high school, attend a two-year college and earn more money.

April 14, 2016

African-American

Lumina Reports Uptick in College Completion

College completion numbers show incremental improvement from last year, according to the annual Lumina Foundation report, “A Stronger Nation.”

April 11, 2016

Diverse Champions

50 Years of Leadership Lands O’Banion Diverse Champions Award

Saying he was “humbled and deeply honored,” Dr. Terry O’Banion accepted the 2016 Diverse Champions Award before a packed ballroom.

April 10, 2016

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RAJ ACHARYA

RAJ ACHARYA has been appointed dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, effective July 1. He is director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science atPennsylvania State University. Acharya earned a bachelor’s from Bangalore University in India, a master’s from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota.

April 4, 2016

Leadership & Policy

DAVID KANG

DAVID KANG has been appointed vice chancellor for infrastructure and safety at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was director of project management in the White House Military Office. Kang earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s from the University of California, Berkeley

April 4, 2016

African-American

BONITA STANTON

BONITA STANTON has been named founding dean of the Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Health Network (HackensackUHN) medical school. She was vice dean for research at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Stanton earned a bachelor’s from Wellesley College and an M.D. from Yale University.

April 4, 2016