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Tag: George Floyd: Page 7
African-American
In the Wake of George Floydâs Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice Initiatives
In the wake of George Floydâs death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received âa substantial giftâ to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Following George Floydâs Death, Virginia and California Community Colleges to Review Police Training
The community college systems of Virginia and California will review their police training curricula in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. The Virginia system will create a panel to examine the curricula used to educate law enforcement officers across its 23 colleges, said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginiaâs [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Troy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd Comments
Troy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made âinflammatoryâ comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Mo Williams: Top Black Student-Athletes Should Switch to HBCUs
To protest systemic racism, Black student-athletes enrolled in Division I (D-I) institutions should transfer to historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs), said Mo Williams, who was named head coach of the menâs basketball program at Alabama State University, a historically Black institution, last month. In tweets following the death of George Floyd in police custody, [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
U of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floydâs Memorial Service
The University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
Students
After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns
Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.
June 3, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Summit Discusses Health and Safety Issues on College Campuses
College studentsâ mental health and well being in a time of pandemic and their safety when new rules on sexual assault investigations kick in Aug. 14, were the main issues discussed on Wednesday at the annual EVERFIÂ Campus Prevention Network Summit.
June 3, 2020
News Roundup
Upset at Their Behavior During Protests, Clark University Cuts Ties With Police
Upset with the behavior of local law enforcement during what it said were peaceful protests, Clark University will discontinue its use of off-duty police officers and suspend its policy that requires a police officer at large student events. Four Clark students of the Worcester, Massachusetts-based university were among several arrested on Monday during local protests [âŚ]
June 3, 2020
African-American
UCLA âTroubledâ the LAPD Is Using the University Stadium as a âField Jailâ During Protests
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is upset that the cityâs police department is using the universityâs Jackie Robinson Stadium as a âfield jailâ for people detained during demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd. That the Los Angeles Police Department was using the stadium in this manner was brought to the universityâs attention [âŚ]
June 3, 2020
HBCUs
What Do We Tell Our Children, Our Students?
For the past few days, I, like many others, have been viewing through the lens of the media, the reaction of our country to the deplorable and senseless death of yet another defenseless black person at the hands of a white police officer, a tragic mockery to the truth that Black Lives Matter. Similar to other Americans, I am overcome with a range of emotions.
June 3, 2020
African-American
UVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floydâs Death
Jim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
June 2, 2020
News Roundup
Six Atlanta Police Officers Charged After Violent Arrest of HBCU Students
Six police officers in Atlanta, Georgia, were on Tuesday charged following the violent arrest Saturday of two Black students from the historically Black Spelman and Morehouse colleges amid protests against the death of George Floyd, reported the Daily News. The students, Taniyah Pilgrim, 20, and Messiah Young, 22, were sitting in their car in traffic [âŚ]
June 2, 2020
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