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Health

University of Minnesota to Expand Mental Health Services

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing is using a $2.1 million grant to expand mental health services to underserved parts of the state. The nursing school will partner with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Touchstone Mental Health and Northern Pines Mental Health Center to train students as well as provide mental health […]

April 9, 2017

Students

Staff Trains for University of Minnesota Mental Health Program

MINNEAPOLIS — A few dozen University of Minnesota faculty members have started receiving training through a pilot program that organizers say can help promote mental health. The new “mental health advocates” program teaches school faculty and staff how to look for signs of mental health issues primarily in students, the Minnesota Daily reported. Advocates received […]

December 18, 2016

Students

Parents Channel Grief of Son’s Suicide into Foundation

HARTFORD, Conn. ― On the outside, Jordan Porco was a typical 18-year-old college freshman. He loved the outdoors. He snowboarded. He sought out new music, creating CDs and playlists and sharing them with his friends. So when Marisa Giarnella-Porco and her then-husband Ernie Porco received a call in February 2011 that their son had died […]

September 26, 2016

African-American

GOP Blaming Others for Its Implosion

Rather than looking inward to find the root of its problems, many members of the Republican party establishment seem to be looking for scapegoats.

April 6, 2016

Community Colleges

LSAMP Students Tackling Problems That Hit Close to Home

Bugs with a deadly bite. Waterborne pathogens that threaten our health. Bad breath and gum disease. These are some of the practical problems being tackled by students involved in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.

February 25, 2016

Students

How Racism on College Campuses—From Microaggresssions to Limited Diversity—Affects Black Students’ Mental Health

“Amid a surge in student-led protests around the country, many colleges have been struggling to make their campuses more accommodating for minorities. Last semester, student-activist groups nationwide issued demands to their universities seeking everything from mandatory sensitivity-and-racial-bias training to the development of safe spaces on campus for people of color. During a protest at Princeton […]

January 21, 2016

Students

AUDREY BILGER

AUDREY BILGER has been appointed vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Pomona College, effective July 1. She is a professor of literature and founding faculty director of the Center for Writing & Public Discourse at Claremont McKenna College. Bilge earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma State University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.

January 20, 2016

Students

Suicide of Student Triggers Protests in Southern India

HYDERABAD, India ― Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Tuesday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister of unfairly demanding […]

January 19, 2016

Community Colleges

Connecticut Community Colleges Arming Security Personnel

A Connecticut Board of Regents spokesman said that the board had been working toward a decision on arming security personnel at community colleges since 2012 in the wake of a number of mass shootings across the nation.

December 3, 2015

African-American

Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities

The Steve Fund, focused on the specific mental health challenges that plague minority communities, will hold its “Young, Gifted, and @ Risk” symposium Friday at Stanford University.

November 18, 2015

Community Colleges

MILAGROS PEÑA

MILAGROS PEÑA has been appointed dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She was associate dean for behavioral and social sciences at the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Peña earned a bachelor’s from Iona College in New York, a master’s from the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a master’s degree and a doctorate from Stony Brook University of the State University of New York.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard

Andres Fuentes has joined Diverse as Director of Advertising. Fluent in Spanish and English, he has more than 20 years of experience in administrative positions in various industries, from automotive to media. In his spare time, Fuentes is a drummer for a rock band and an airplane pilot. He has three children.

October 25, 2015