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Leadership & Policy

DAVID KANG

DAVID KANG has been appointed vice chancellor for infrastructure and safety at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was director of project management in the White House Military Office. Kang earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s from the University of California, Berkeley

April 4, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Politicians Sometimes Say the Strangest Things

Primaries and caucuses are events that are happening almost every week now

March 31, 2016

Leadership & Policy

WWU Trustees Pick OSU Provost as Only Finalist for President

BELLINGHAM, Wash. ― The Western Washington University board of trustees has picked the provost at Oregon State University as the preferred candidate to become the school’s 14th president. Sabah Randhawa is OSU’s second ranking administrator. He is in line to replace retiring WWU President Bruce Shepard. In addition to being the school’s chief academic officer, […]

March 30, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Putting Emory Chalk Talk in Perspective

The students felt terrorized by a number of chalk graffiti markings that indicate a preference for the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.

March 28, 2016

Students

Mizzou Diversity Officer Ready ‘to Help Effect Transformational Change’

Dr. Kevin McDonald’s appointment comes amid a challenging year for the University of Missouri System.

March 27, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Cornell Taps Former Leader After President’s Death

ITHACA, N.Y. ― Cornell University says Hunter Rawlings III will once again serve as interim president while the school seeks to replace its deceased leader. Rawlings is a 71-year-old professor emeritus of classics who was Cornell president from 1995 to 2003 and interim president in 2005 and 2006. He is taking the interim presidency again […]

March 24, 2016

Faculty & Staff

GREGORY E. TRIPLETT

GREGORY E. TRIPLETT has been appointed associate dean for graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri. Triplett earned a bachelor’s from Florida A&M University, a master’s from Florida State University and a doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

March 22, 2016

Students

TANAYA M. WALTERS

TANAYA M. WALTERS has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Clark Atlanta University. She was dean of students at Johnson and Wales University in North Carolina. Walters earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Johnson and Wales.

March 22, 2016

African-American

NADINE SHIGEZAWA

NADINE SHIGEZAWA was appointed director of the Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was a psychologist for the Veterans Administration. Shigezawa holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

March 22, 2016

Students

Missouri Interim President: Faculty on Frontline of Quest for Diversity

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the American Council on Education held joint sessions at their co-located annual meetings on Tuesday with a heavy diversity emphasis.

March 16, 2016

African-American

Senate Votes to Confirm King to Head Education Department

WASHINGTON ― The Senate narrowly voted Monday to confirm John B. King Jr. as the nation’s education secretary. The vote was 49-40. King has served as acting secretary at the Education Department since Arne Duncan stepped down in December. As secretary, King will oversee the department as it puts in place a bipartisan education law […]

March 14, 2016

Students

Diverse Conversations: Which Election Issues Really Matter to Minority College Students?

What do young people want from politicians and how can those politicians get those young people registered and to the polls?

March 9, 2016