Tag: Academic Degrees: Page 2

Faculty & Staff

Venus Williams Earns B.S. Degree

Tennis superstar Venus Williams, currently focusing on her game this week at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, recently added another achievement to her resume: a Bachelor of Science degree.

September 2, 2015

Community Colleges

MARY WAY BOLT

MARY WAY BOLT has been named president of Cecil College in Maryland. She was interim president of Cecil College. Bolt received an associate degree from Cecil College and a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She earned a doctorate from Widener University.

August 26, 2015

Community Colleges

Vermont State College to Help Low-income Students Get Degree

Two AmeriCorps VISTA members plan to join the Vermont State Colleges system for a year to help low-income Vermonters get their degrees.

August 24, 2015

Students

Haslam to Help Kick Off 2-year College Free-tuition Program

Gov. Bill Haslam is visiting several community colleges this week to help kick off his Tennessee Promise program.

August 24, 2015

Students

St. Louis U. Lowers Tuition for First Responders

ST LOUIS ― Saint Louis University will offer a reduced tuition rate for first responders seeking to pursue bachelor’s degrees or certificates in the university’s School of Professional Studies.

August 6, 2015

Students

Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation

A Senate committee is pondering structural reforms that would improve student graduation rates.

August 5, 2015

Students

MILTON OVERTON

MILTON OVERTON has been appointed director of intercollegiate athletics at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He was senior associate athletics director at the University of Alabama. Overton earned a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma.

July 28, 2015

African-American

Congress Pondering How to Catch Up With Education

As Congress moves towards reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), members of a Senate committee said that they would hope to encourage innovation in higher education.

July 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JOWEL LAGUERRE

JOWEL LAGUERRE has been appointed chancellor of Peralta Community College District in California. He was superintendent and president of Solano Community College District. Laguerre earned a bachelor’s from L’Université d’Etat d’Haiti: Ecole Normale Supérieure in Haiti, and master’s degrees and a doctorate from the University of Kansas.

July 13, 2015

Community Colleges

N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program

North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.

July 8, 2015

African-American

N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program

North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.

July 8, 2015

Community Colleges

Lincoln College to Become a University, New President Says

The newly installed president of Lincoln College says the central Illinois school will become a university with the addition of baccalaureate degrees.

June 30, 2015