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Women

Moore College Paves the Way for Female Design, Leadership

Moore College of Art & Design is paving the way for diversity in fashion, art and design while cultivating female leadership throughout the industry.

March 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

AKINLOLU O. OJO

AKINLOLU O. OJO has been appointed associate vice president for clinical research and global health initiatives at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. He was a professor of medicine and the Florence E. Bingham Research Professor in Nephrology at the University of Michigan. Ojo received a bachelor’s and an M.D. from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. He earned a master’s from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and an MBA and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

March 7, 2016

Home

LEE A. GILL

LEE A. GILL has been named chief diversity officer and special assistant to the president for inclusive excellence at Clemson University, effective April 18. Gill is associate vice president for inclusion and equity and chief diversity officer at the University of Akron. Gill earned a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

March 7, 2016

News Roundup

Why Companies That Take Pride in Diversity Programs Still Wind up Hiring White Guys

Imagine that you’re the CEO of a male-dominated tech company that’s been excoriated for its lack of women managers. You decide to introduce a new leadership program for women. In theory, it’s a great idea. In practice, such programs can wind up exacerbating existing gender bias at your company, making it even less likely that […]

March 7, 2016

Students

Program Launched to Increase Study Abroad at MSIs

The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has teamed up with CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange to launch a three-year strategy to increase study abroad at minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

March 3, 2016

News Roundup

Data Breach Targets Illinois State University Payroll

NORMAL, Ill. ― An apparent information breach at Illinois State University allowed someone to divert the direct-deposit payroll payments of more than a dozen faculty and staff members to another account, according to university officials. The breach appears to be limited to 13 of the school’s employees, and it involved a total of about $50,000, […]

March 2, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professor Zogry Rediscovers Intersection of Basketball and Religion

As a researcher, Dr. Michael Zogry has a theoretical interest in the cross between athletics and religion.

February 28, 2016

Students

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS

IUPUI SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Indianapolis, Indiana Dr. Zebulun R. Davenport Established: 1969 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs www.iupui.edu “I am humbled by the recognition as one of the 2016 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs. In the Division of Student Affairs at IUPUI, we work diligently to create spaces that recognize, respect […]

February 25, 2016

African-American

BRYAN TERRY

BRYAN TERRY has been appointed vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was associate provost for enrollment management at UNC-Greensboro. Terry earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MBA from Fontbonne University and a doctorate from Illinois State University.

February 25, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LISA LARSON

LISA LARSON has been appointed president of Eastern Maine Community College. She is vice president for academic and student affairs at Hennepin Technical College. Larson earned a bachelor’s from Northern State University, a master’s from Minnesota State University, Mankato and a doctorate from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

February 25, 2016

Students

Budget plan would cut $8M from University of Missouri system

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker proposes cutting $8 million from the University of Missouri system roiled by recent race-related protests at its Columbia campus. The possible cuts were rolled out Tuesday by Republican House Budget Chairman Tom Flanigan of Carthage. The cuts include reducing funding to the Columbia campus by […]

February 23, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: Have For-profit Schools Preyed on Minorities?

Have For-profit Schools Preyed on Minorities?

February 18, 2016