Tag: Graduation rates: Page 15

Students

Emory Law School Gets Gift to Honor John Lewis

Emory University’s law school has received $1.5 million to fund a professorship named after civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

April 22, 2015

Community Colleges

Life Goes On Regardless of a Particular Outcome

A student’s first-choice school may not necessarily be the best one for them.

April 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Illinois State Players, Coaches Mourn 7 Victims of Plane Crash

A news conference at Illinois State University to discuss the seven school officials and fans who died in a plane crash while returning from the NCAA Tournament became a tearful, moving memorial Wednesday.

April 8, 2015

African-American

Study Ranks State-based Job Markets for College Grads

Researchers at Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce analyzed state labor markets and ranked the 50 states by the frequency of job openings per college-educated worker.

April 7, 2015

Students

COLLEEN HANYCZ

COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

April 6, 2015

Students

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

April 6, 2015

Students

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

April 6, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

Happy Anniversary!

Please join the staff in congratulating Operations Assistant Azeb Kelati on her eighth anniversary as an employee of Diverse.

April 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Reassigns Athletic Director

Southern University Athletic Director William Broussard has been reassigned to the Southern System’s president’s office as a fund raiser.

March 26, 2015

Students

Distinguished Guests

The Diverse staff had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Robert M. Moore, President and CEO of Chicago-based Lipman Hearne marketing, on Thursday. Moore, veteran educator and marketing/branding practitioner, graciously shared his observations on some of the key issues in higher education.

March 26, 2015

Leadership & Policy

CASS CLIATT

Cass Cliatt was appointed vice president for communication at Brown University. She has been serving as vicepresident for communication at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She will begin her new job on April 1. Cliatt earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University and a master’s from Northwestern University.

March 18, 2015

Sports

Brown Students Protest Handling of Sex Assault Allegations

Hundreds of Brown University students silently marched across campus Wednesday to protest the college’s handling of recent sexual assault allegations, saying the school is trying to protect its reputation rather than the victims of assault.

March 11, 2015