Monthly Archives: April 2013
South Carolina State University Names Three Finalists for President
The three finalists are Thomas J. Elzey, an executive vice president at The Citadel, E. Newton Jackson, associate provost at the University of North Florida, and Leonard A. McIntyre, interim dean of the College of Education at South Carolina State University.
New Report Finds an Average of 250,000 Hate Crimes in the U.S. Each Year
The number of hate crimes in the United States as reported in the new study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics is 25 to 40 times higher than the number of hate crimes reported in an annual summary published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Joyce E. King to Lead the American Educational Research Association
Professor King joined the faculty at Georgia State University in 2004 and currently holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.
Babies Born Preterm Perform Less Well on Tests When They Reach First Grade
The results are of particular significance to African Americans. More than 17 percent of all African American mothers give birth before completing 37 months gestation. For non-Hispanic whites, only 10 percent of all births are preterm.
Arletha McSwain Named Dean of Extended Learning at Norfolk State University
Dr. McSwain has been serving as interim dean and is the former associate dean of extended learning at Florida State College in Jacksonville.
David H. Jackson Jr. Named President of the Southern Conference on African American Studies
Dr. Jackson, the author or editor of several scholarly books, is chair of the department of history, political science, public administration, geography and African American studies at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
University of Rochester Honors Jessye Norman
Norman will receive the honorary degree at a benefit concert in Rochester for Action for a Better Community. a community action agency that promotes and provides opportunities for low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient.
HBCUs That Send the Most Graduates to Serve in the Peace Corps
This year there are 21 graduates from Howard University in Washington, D.C., working in the Peace Corps. Since the Peace Corps was established in 1961, 204 Howard graduates have served.
Otha Burton Jr. to Lead the New Institute of Government at Jackson State University
The former chief administrative officer for the city of Jackson, Dr. Burton joined the faculty at Jackson State in 2006 as an associate professor and associate dean in the university's School of Policy and Planning.
Tuskegee University Building a New Veterinary Teaching Hospital
The new hospital facility, expected to be completed by the end of 2015 at a cost of $41 million, will allow the veterinary school to enroll more students and also to provide more veterinary services to the surrounding community.
Kezia Page Named to an Endowed Chair at Colgate University
Dr. Page joined the faculty at Colgate in 2003. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Miami.
Howard University Boosts Financial Aid for Students in Need
The university has added $600,000 to need-based financial aid programs for the current year. About 400 students, including some graduating seniors, will receive funds under the program.
Bucknell University’s Shara McCallum Named a Witter Bynner Fellow
Professor McCallum will receive a $10,000 prize and had the opportunity to read her poetry at the Library of Congress this week to open National Poetry Month.
North Carolina A&T State University Partners With a Community College
The program will funnel successful students from STEM programs at the community college to bachelor's degree programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.
Danita Brown Is a Finalist for Dean of Students at the University of Minnesota
She is currently the dean of students at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Blacks make up 4 percent of the 35,000-member undergraduate student body at the Twin Cities campus.
Two African Americans Awarded Gilliam Fellowships
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has chosen nine students for its 2013 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The students receive $46,500 per year, for up to four years, for doctoral studies in the life sciences. Two of nine fellows are African Americans.
In Memoriam: Margaret Ann Wheatley, 1945-2013
She was an assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the former president of the Ohio Nurses Association.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
From time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week's selections.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
