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Tag: University of Florida: Page 2
Sports
FSU President Responds to Racist Facebook Image Targeting Willie Taggart
Following Florida State University (FSU)’s loss against University of Florida, 14-41, on Saturday, a Facebook user posted a racist image targeted at head football coach Willie Taggart. The photograph shows a man hanging from a noose with coach Taggart’s face photoshopped over the victim’s head with the caption, “#JustDoIt” and “#FireTaggart” according to WCTV News. […]
November 26, 2018
Students
Florida Professor Leads Effort to Aid Black Comp-Sci PhD Students
Dr. Juan E. Gilbert is part of a large-scale project, the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computer Science (iAAMCS), which has developed a document to help schools recruit and retain African-American doctoral students in computer science.
August 30, 2018
Home
Retail Giant to Offer Online Degrees for Employees
Walmart, one of America’s largest employers, is offering its workers a college education for $1 a day, the company recently announced.
June 2, 2018
News Roundup
Florida Sued Over Ban on Early Voting on College Campuses
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida voting rights group and university students from two schools sued the state’s chief election official on Monday over a 4-year-old edict banning the use of college buildings as early voting sites. The lawsuit takes aim at a decision made by Secretary of State Ken Detzner in 2014 that the University […]
May 23, 2018
MSIs
Incidences of Campus Racial Intolerance Spark Calls for Change
Recent highly publicized incidences of racial intolerance at Duke, Yale, Colorado State and other universities have sparked calls for more proactive effort to make campuses more inclusive and welcoming to students of color.
May 10, 2018
News Roundup
University of Florida Apologizes for Pushy Graduation Usher
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is apologizing to students who complained that an usher was aggressively pushing and grabbing them as they entered the stage during a graduation ceremony. University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs said on Twitter on Sunday the usher was “inappropriately aggressive in rushing students across the stage.” The […]
May 7, 2018
News Roundup
University of Florida Pays $67K For White Nationalist Event
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has paid a local county government more than $67,000 to cover security costs for a speaking event last fall featuring white nationalist Richard Spencer. The Gainesville Sun reported Wednesday that UF sent Alachua County a check for $67,461.11 that school officials felt covered costs for the event. The […]
March 29, 2018
Community Colleges
Report: Stark Gender, Racial Gaps Persist in Engineering, Computer Science
Very few female and minority students pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities, according to an eye-opening Society of Women Engineers (SWE) report that analyzed the state’s community-college transfer students.
January 17, 2018
Students
Guillermo: Hire Diverse Speakers to Offset Spectacle of White Nationalists on Campus
A diverse group of speakers throughout the year helps to deny Richard Spencer’s ideas credibility. People can hear for themselves what’s worthwhile and what’s not. But all must be invited on campus.
October 23, 2017
Students
As Protestors Rally at University of Florida, Penn State Hopes to Steer Clear
As protesters circled the University of Florida auditorium where White nationalist Richard Spencer spoke Thursday, Penn State decided to avoid this scenario altogether.
October 19, 2017
Students
University of Florida President: Security Cost for Spencer Speech ‘Unfair’
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A day before white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida, its president affirmed his belief in free speech but said the security costs of holding such an event at a public university put an unfair burden on taxpayers. In an interview with The Associated Press on […]
October 18, 2017
Students
Univ. of Florida Urges Students to ‘Shun’ White Nationalist Event
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s president is urging students to stay away from a speaking event on campus featuring White nationalist Richard Spencer. President Kent Fuchs wrote in an email Tuesday that Spencer and his group seek only “to provoke a reaction” at their Oct. 19 event. Fuchs says “shunning” Spencer would limit […]
October 11, 2017
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