Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 33

Faculty & Staff

NEWTONA “TINA” JOHNSON

NEWTONA “TINA” JOHNSON has been appointed interim vice provost for academic affairs at Middle Tennessee State University. She was a professor of English and director of the university’s women’s and gender studies program. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Sierra Leone, a master’s from Dalhousie University in Canada, a master’s from Concordia University in Canada and a doctorate from Emory University.

January 12, 2016

Sports

MIKE GARRETT

MIKE GARRETT has been named executive director for athletics at California State University, Los Angeles. Most recently, he served as athletic director at Langston University in Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor’s from the University of Southern California and a juris doctor from the Western State College of Law at Argosy University.

January 12, 2016

Leadership & Policy

MARY-RITA MOORE

MARY-RITA MOORE has been named president of Triton College, effective in January. She was interim president of Triton. She earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Rosary College, now Dominican University.

January 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

SEELPA KESHVALA

SEELPA KESHVALA has been appointed president of Lone Star College-Cy-Fair. She was president of the Warsaw Campus of Ivy Tech Community College. Keshvala earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

January 12, 2016

Students

MONICA E. MONROE

MONICA E. MONROE has been appointed dean of students of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, effective in February. She is associate dean of students and a lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School. Monroe earned a bachelor’s from Boston University and a juris doctor from George Washington.

January 11, 2016

Students

Jackson State Students Develop Groundbreaking ‘Smart Mat’ for Diabetics

Four engineering students from Jackson State University have developed an innovative device that could have far-reaching effects.

January 10, 2016

HBCUs

Alabama Joins Interstate College Agreement

DOTHAN, Ala. ― Alabama colleges and universities will soon have an easier way to offer online courses to students in other states, and out-of-state institutions will have the same opportunity to offer online course in Alabama, thanks to an interstate agreement. Currently, to offer distance education courses in Alabama, colleges and universities must gain approval […]

January 5, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Tiffin President Charles Resigns

After six months in office, Tiffin president Dr. Curtis B. Charles resigned, effective Friday. The university cited a “difference in views on strategic vision” as the rationale behind Charles’ departure. Charles previously served as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University. He has held administrative and teaching positions at the […]

January 4, 2016

African-American

Noted Scholar, Educator Frances Cress Welsing Dies

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a psychiatrist best known for her 1991 book on racism and society entitled The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors, died Saturday in Washington, D.C., at age 80. Welsing graduated from Antioch College and Howard University’s medical school. She began her climb to prominence with her 1970 essay entitled The […]

January 4, 2016

LGBTQ+

In Case You Missed It…

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December 24, 2015

Students

Concordia College Ending Football Program

SELMA, Ala. ― Another small college in Alabama is shutting down its football program. The Selma Times-Journal reports that board members at Concordia College announced their decision to end the sport on Tuesday. A spokeswoman says the price of travel, equipment and other expenses became too much of a financial stress on the small, historically […]

December 23, 2015

HBCUs

Texas Attorney General: Banning Guns in College Dorms Violates New Law

AUSTIN, Texas ― The attorney general of Texas said late Monday that banning guns in college dorm rooms violates the state’s newly approved “campus carry” law, and also opined on setting limits for carrying weapons onto public school grounds and into multiuse government buildings. Republican Ken Paxton’s flurry of nonbinding opinions addressed many much-watched issues, […]

December 22, 2015