Monthly Archives: November 2013
In Memoriam: Jidlaph Gitau Kamoche, 1940-2013
In 1977, Jidlaph Kamoche became the first director of the American American studies program at the University of Oklahoma. A native of Kenya, he came to the United States to study history at Amherst College.
Fraternity at the University of Michigan Planned a “Hood Rachet Thursday” Party
The invitation was directed at "bad bitches, White girls, basketball players, thugs, and gangsters" and warned those invited that "hood IDs would be checked." A headline read, "We goin back to da hood again!!"
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.
Six Black Scholars Join the Cornell University Faculty
The new faculty members are Christopher A. Alabi, Matthew Clayton, Eve De Rosa, Oneka LaBennett, Jamila Michener, and Olufemi Taiwo.
Black Student Graduation Rates at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
JBHE research has found 18 high-ranking colleges and universities that have Black student graduation rates that have averaged over 90 percent over the past four years.
Maryland and Its Four HBCUs Head to Mediation
Last month's federal district court ruling stating that Maryland's HBCUs were harmed by competing academic programs at nearby predominantly White universities did not offer any remedies.
UCLA Receives Donation of African Art Valued at More Than $14 Million
The Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles has received a donation of 92 pieces of African art from the collection of Jay T. and Deborah R. Last of Beverly Hills.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Black Women Reportedly Taunted With Racial Slurs at the University of Florida
A fraternity member was accused of yelling racial slurs and inappropriate sexual remarks to a Black women student who was walking on the street in front of the fraternity house.
New Center on Urban Education Research
The University of Missouri-Kansas City has established the Urban Education Research Center to conduct research and analysis aimed at improving the lives of urban residents throughout the U.S.
Making Racial Health Disparities an Issue of Social Justice
The Social Equity Leadership Mobilization Alliance is a consortium established to mobilize the next generation of leaders in the public health field. Harvard, Brown, and Morehouse are members of the alliance.
University of Georgia Hosting a Group of African Journalists
Ten journalists from the African nations of Burundi, Congo, Niger, and Senegal will participate in sessions on broadcast journalism, media education, online media, and business models for success.
Study Finds Childhood Poverty Affects Adult Brains’ Ability to Control Emotions
This study is particular important to African Americans. Some 21 percent of all American children under the age of 18 are now being reared in poverty. And Blacks are three times as likely to be poor as Whites.
Blacks Fare Better in Transfer Enrollments at Berkeley
The Black percentage of transfer students is significantly higher than the percentage of Blacks in the first-year class at Berkeley.
Georgia Tech Surveys Its Campus Community on Diversity Issues
The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently completed a survey of members of the campus community that showed a high level of satisfaction with the university's diversity efforts and climate for inclusiveness.
Huge Increase in Black Male Graduation Rates at Ohio State University
Over the past five years the graduation rate for Black male students at Ohio State University in Columbus has increased by 24 percentage points and now stands at 67 percent. The average at the university's peer institutions is 60 percent.
Emory University Study Finds Huge Racial Disparity in Rates of Lupus
A study led by researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta finds that African American women were three times as likely as White women to contract lupus, a serious autoimmune disease.
Three African American Academics Win Whiting Writers’ Awards
The Whiting Writers' Awards are given annually to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. Each winner receives $50,000. Three of the 10 winners are African American who teach at universities in the United States.
Majority-Female Crew Refs Black College Football Game
For the first time in history, on October 24 a majority-female officiating crew took the field for an intercollegiate football game between Lane College and Miles College, two historically Black colleges.
Duke Art Historian Honored by the Smithsonian Institution
Richard J. Powell received the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History from Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Partners With Educational Institution in Rwanda
The agreement calls for student and faculty exchanges between the two educational institutions. The exchanges will focus on programs in aquaculture and public administration.
Honors for Two African American Educators
Urmeka Jefferson of the University of Missouri received an award from the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and Terence Hicks of Prairie View A&M University was honored by teacher's education group.
Business School at South Carolina State University to Stand Alone
Thomas Elzey, president of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, has made the decision to reestablish the university's business school as a separate entity.
New University Administrative Posts for Two African American Men
Bryan Terry was named associate provost for enrollment management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and John Manley is the new police chief at Elizabeth City State University.
Lincoln University Aims to Launch 1,854 Green Initiatives
The initiative encourages students, faculty, and staff members to develop projects that focus on economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The goal is to complete 1,854 Acts of Green this academic year.
