Tag: Fundraising: Page 22

Sports

New Award for Colleges Producing Olympic Medalists

The U.S. Olympic Committee has combined with leaders of Olympic sports and college athletic directors to create an award that will recognize the universities that produce medal winners.

March 23, 2011

African-American

UNCF Breaks Ground in D.C. on New National Headquarters

In a move to get close to the officials at the focal point of national  education policymaking, United Negro College Fund President Michael Lomax formally announced plans Monday to relocate the organization to the nation’s capital.

February 7, 2011

Students

Dormitories Seen as Retention Tools at Urban, Commuter Schools

In efforts to improve retention rates, commuter colleges are looking to an unusual suspect: residence halls.

January 30, 2011

HBCUs

Two UNC Schools Help Their Bands Meet Rose Parade Costs

The two public universities whose marching bands performed in the Tournament of Roses parade on New Year’s Day relied on alternative resources to take care of what donations couldn’t cover.

January 18, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Ten HBCUs Get Accreditation Reaffirmed, Two Placed on Warning Status

Fisk and Tennessee State Universities were placed on warning status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges.

December 7, 2010

African-American

Fisk, Angry Over Judge’s Art Ruling, Says It Will Fight On

Financially strapped Fisk University says it will appeal a Tennessee judge’s decision to deny the school access to all the sale proceeds of a proposed ownership sharing agreement involving the school’s valuable Stieglitz art and photograph collection.

December 2, 2010

African-American

Mississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi bred some of the worst violence of the civil rights era, yet nearly a half-century after a barrage of atrocities pricked the conscience of America, it’s one of the few civil rights battleground states with no museum to commemorate the era.

December 1, 2010

African-American

Lomotey Stuns Southern University-Baton Rouge by Resigning as Chancellor

More than two years ago, Dr. Kofi Lomotey arrived at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus with much fanfare and high expectations. So how did it all go wrong?

November 28, 2010

Sports

AD Kirby Hocutt: ‘Better Days are Ahead’ for Miami

University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt fired head coach Randy Shannon on Saturday night, hours after Miami lost to the University of South Florida in its regular-season finale.

November 28, 2010

Home

With $30 Million Gift, Pa. College Seeks to be University

In the high-pressure world of educational fundraising, tiny Delaware Valley College has seemingly hit the lottery: A local philanthropic group is giving the school an estimated $30 million in property and cash.

November 7, 2010

African-American

Fisk Rejects New Proposal Over Art Collection

Fisk University on Monday rejected a proposal to keep its Stieglitz art collection on display at the school.

October 25, 2010

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Colleges Cutting Courses to Curtail Campus Costs

Reducing or streamlining curriculum has been a difficult yet unavoidable measure at many schools during the recession.

October 20, 2010