Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 38

Students

COLLEEN SMITH

COLLEEN SMITH has been appointed president of Coconino Community College in Arizona, effective February 1. She is district senior vice president for academic affairs at Collin College in Texas. Smith earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Texas A&M Commerce (formerly East Texas State University), and a doctorate from Texas Woman’s University.

October 21, 2015

African-American

UDC President: America Needs to Address Relationship With Black Men

University of the District of Columbia President Ron Mason speaks out after the violent arrest of a young Black man on the college campus.

October 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

PSYCHE WILLIAMS-FORSON

PSYCHE WILLIAMS-FORSON has been appointed an additional post of chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Williams-Forson earned a bachelor’s from the University of Virginia, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park.

October 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

NA’ILAH NASIR

NA’ILAH NASIR has been appointed vice chancellor for equity and inclusion at the University of California, Berkeley, effective November 1. She is associate dean of diversity for social sciences, a full professor in the School of Education and the Department of African American Studies, and holds the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and the Williams Chair of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. Nasir earned a bachelor’s from UC Berkeley and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

October 20, 2015

HBCUs

Xavier University Paragon Blanche Francis Dies

Blanche Francis, civic activist and wife of legendary Xavier University president emeritus Norman C. Francis, died Monday at her home in New Orleans of respiratory arrest. She was 89.

October 13, 2015

Students

MSIs Need to Embrace Competency-Based Learning Strategies

It is essential for HBCUs, TCUs and other MSIs to be a part of the planning and implementation of such CBL strategies since these institutions are likely to be major producers of the national workforce of the future.

October 13, 2015

Students

JULIANNA BARNES

JULIANNA BARNES has been appointed president of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California, effective October 5. Barnes was vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College. She holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s and a doctorate from San Diego State University.

October 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

K. RANGA RAMA KRISHNAN

K. RANGA RAMA KRISHNAN has been appointed senior vice president of the Medical Center and dean of the Medical College at Rush University in Chicago. He was dean of Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. Krishnan earned an M.B.B.S. from Madras Medical College in India.

October 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

KIMBREA J. BROWNING

KIMBREA J. BROWNING has been appointed vice president for enrollment management at Union Institute & University. Browning was senior director of admissions at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She earned a bachelor’s from Murray State University in Kentucky and an MBA from the University of Phoenix-Maryland Campus.

October 8, 2015

Students

KHATMEH OSSEIRAN-HANNA

KHATMEH OSSEIRAN-HANNA has been appointed vice president for institutional advancement and external affairs for the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. She was director of advancement, North America, for The University of Queensland, Australia. Osseiran-Hanna earned a bachelor’s from George Washington University.

October 8, 2015

Students

Early FAFSA Filing Seen as Boon for Low-income Students

Student advocates and higher education experts say the new Obama administration policy change on early Federal Student Aid form filing will prove beneficial for low-income and first-generation students.

October 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

USF Bike-sharing Program Offering Free Rides to Students

More than 1,300 University of South Florida students have signed up for the university’s recently launched bicycling-sharing program.

October 5, 2015