Tag: Asian Americans/ Pacific Islanders

Leadership & Policy

Politicians Sometimes Say the Strangest Things

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

March 31, 2016

Faculty & Staff

MARTA ELENA ESQUILIN

MARTA ELENA ESQUILIN was appointed assistant professor of professional practice and associate dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark. Esquilin was director of Intercultural Resources and Social Justice Programs at Columbia University. Esquilin earned a bachelor’s from the University of Vermont and a master’s from Teachers College, Columbia University.

February 25, 2016

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

RHONDA M. RABBITT

RHONDA M. RABBITT has been appointed dean of the School of Education at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was assistant dean and director of graduate programs in education at Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Rabbitt earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She earned a master’s from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a doctorate from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.

October 22, 2015

Sports

Bryant U. Basketball Assistant Coach Chris Burns Comes Out

Division I men’s basketball has its first openly gay coach.

October 8, 2015

Students

DAYSHA JACKSON-SANCHEZ

DAYSHA JACKSON-SANCHEZ has been named dean of student success at Manchester University. She was assistant vice chancellor for student affairs at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Northeast. Jackson-Sanchez earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne.

October 8, 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

Students

KATRICE W. JONES MORGAN

KATRICE W. JONES MORGAN has been appointed an additional post of director of diversity and inclusion for The University of Tennessee College of Law. Morgan is assistant dean for student affairs in the College of Law. She holds a bachelor’s from the University of Tennessee and a juris doctor from Loyola University New Orleans.

September 24, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TABATHA “TAMMY” TERRELL-BROOKS

TABATHA “TAMMY” TERRELL-BROOKS has been named director of alumni and constituency relations at Jackson State University. She was special assistant to the vice president for institutional advancement at Jackson State. Terrell-Brooks earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Jackson State.

August 10, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

EILEEN GALVEZ

EILEEN GALVEZ has been appointed director of La Casa Cultural: Latino Cultural Center at Yale University. She was assistant director of diversity and inclusion at Illinois Wesleyan University. Galvez earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Texas State University.

August 10, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

ANDRE FORTUNE

ANDRE FORTUNE has been appointed assistant vice president forstudent affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. He currently serves as assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fortune earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Kansas, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

July 13, 2015

Students

ELIZABETH CARDONA

ELIZABETH CARDONA has been appointed executive director for multicultural affairs and international student life and assistant to the provost for diversity and inclusion at Bay Path University. Cardona is the former senior director and civic engagement advisor to Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick. Cardona holds a bachelor’s from Springfield College and a master’s from Syracuse University.

June 29, 2015