Tag: Humanities: Page 12

Faculty & Staff

KINA MALLARD

KINA MALLARD has been named president of Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia. She was executive vice president and provost at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Mallard earned a bachelor’s from Middle Tennessee State University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee.

April 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

VALERIE SMITH

VALERIE SMITH has been appointed president of Swarthmore College, effective July 1. She is currently dean of the college and a professor of literature and African-American studies at Princeton University. Smith earned a bachelor’s from Bates College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.

April 6, 2015

Students

COLLEEN HANYCZ

COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

April 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

ARNOLD HOLLAND

ARNOLD HOLLAND has been appointed interim associate dean of the College of the Arts at California State University, Fullerton. He was an associate professor and program coordinator of graphic design at Cal State Fullerton. He holds a bachelor’s from Arizona State University, a master’s from Virginia Commonwealth University and a doctorate from Cal State Fullerton.

April 6, 2015

Students

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS

RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

April 6, 2015

Students

RHONDA TRACY

RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.

April 6, 2015

Students

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

April 6, 2015

African-American

ANJELICA L. GONZALEZ

Anjelica L. Gonzalez was appointed the Donna L. Dubinsky Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. She was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Yale. Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s from Utah State University and a doctorate from the Baylor College of Medicine.

March 10, 2015

Students

Women As Writers

“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is the theme this year of Women’s History Month, which is observed in March. This year is also the 35th anniversary of the Women’s History Movement and the National Women’s History Project, which promotes Women’s History Month.

March 1, 2015

Latinx

College Major a Factor in Unemployment Rates, Earnings

New report shows college graduates tend to earn more than those with only a high school diploma, but this advantage varies depending on one’s major.

February 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

American History is not Black History; Black History is not America’s

The argument that ‘Black history is American history’ is naïve to the point of insipidity.

February 19, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Celebrating Black History in the New Millennium

There are some compelling issues to be examined regarding Black History Month as we know it to be now.

February 19, 2015