Monthly Archives: March 2017
California Community Colleges Strengthen Ties With HBCUs
California Community Colleges have agreements with a large number of HBCUs to ease transfer from two-year associate degree programs in California to four-year bachelor's degree programs at Black colleges and universities. Southern University and Shaw University are the newest partners.
Google Partners With Howard University to Promote Diversity in High Tech
Under the agreement, a group of rising junior and seniors at Howard University will spend the summer months in California participating in a computer science residency program. The students will earn college credits for the time they spend at Google.
Gregory Robinson Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Gregory H. Robinson is the University of Georgia Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia. Founded more than 175 years ago, the Royal Society of Chemistry is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.
More Healing Needs to Occur at Kentucky State University
Just days after the board of regents at Kentucky State University approved the selection of a new president for the historically Black educational institution, the faculty approved a resolution of no confidence in the board and its chair.
Florida State’s Andre J. Thomas Honored by the American Choral Directors Association
The award is the highest honor conferred by the American Choral Directors Association. It is given out every two years to a choral leader who has made unusual contributions to the art of choral music.
North Carolina A&T State University to Debut a New Online MBA Program
The new online MBA program will offer concentrations in human resource management and supply chain management. Students can choose to complete the program in two years, 18 months, or even one year, that would include summer sessions.
In Memoriam: Roger Wilkins, 1932-2017
Roger Wilkins, the civil rights legend, author, government official, journalist, and educator, joined the faculty at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1988 as the Clarence J. Robinson Professor in History and American Culture. He remained on the faculty for nearly 20 years.
New Documentary Film on the Importance of African American Speech
North Carolina State University recently premiered a new documentary film that examines the history of African American speech, its cultural importance, and how African American speech has shaped modern American English.
Mississippi State University Expands Its Cultural Diversity Center
The center was founded in 1989 and supports 11 student organizations that promote diversity and inclusion. The center is named after Richard E. Holmes, who was the first Black student at the university.
Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Stillman College Faces Major Financial Obstacles
Cynthia Warrick, interim president of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, sent out an urgent letter to alumni pleading for donations. President Warrick said that the college needs to raise $275,000 to make a loan repayment in April.
In Memoriam: Lenny Knight, 1970-2017
Lenny Knight was the assistant director of the Approaching Storm Band at Delaware State University. Knight joined the staff at Delaware State University in 2007 after serving as band director at Dover High School in Delaware for 15 years.
University of Missouri Opens New Center on Diversity in the Media
Julius Riles, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Missouri, was named co-director of the new center. The new center will examine all aspects of diversity in both traditional and new media.
Ten Centers for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Coming to College Campuses
The centers will engage and empower campus and community stakeholders to break down racial hierarchies, to create positive narratives about all members of the community, and to prepare the next generation of strategic leaders to carry this work forward.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
University of Virginia Study Shows Black Students Thrive With Demanding Teachers
Teachers who expect a lot of their students academically, lead a very well-organized classroom, and make students feel supported in their efforts are the ones that produce the most success from their African American students.
Recent Books 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. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
Fisk University in Nashville Announces the Selection of Its Sixteenth President
Currently, Dr. Kevin Rome is president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Before taking on this role in 2013, Dr. Rome was vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at North Carolina Central University in Durham.
UNLV Study Finds That Motorists Are Less Likely to Yield to Black Pedestrians Than to Whites
The results showed that 20.6 percent of motorists did not yield to the Black pedestrian in a crosswalk compared to 2.9 percent of the White pedestrians. The racial disparity was greater in a high-income neighborhood compared to a low-income neighborhood.
Roderick Ferguson to Lead the American Studies Association
Roderick Ferguson is a professor of African American studies and professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Beginning in July, he will serve as president-elect for a year before becoming president of the organization in July 2018.
UCLA-Led Survey Examines Racial Differences in Public Policy Views
A major survey conducted after the 2016 election led by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, shows widespread racial differences in public policy issues involving health care, climate change, federal spending, immigration, education, and other issues.
Marcilynn Burke Named the Next Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law
She currently serves as associate dean and associate professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center. In 2009, Burke was named deputy director for programs and policy at the Bureau of Land Management of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Two Black Scholars Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
Carol Anderson, the Charles Howard Candler Professor and chair of African American studies at Emory University in Atlanta won in the criticism category and Ishion Hutchinson, an assistant professor of English at Cornell University, won in the poetry category.
Two African American Women Earn Prestigious Honors
Gilda Barabino, dean of engineering at City College of New York, is being honored by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and Janelle Baker of Alcorn State University was honored at the Health Disparities Conference at Xavier University in New Orleans.
Delaware State University to Offer New Program in Financial Planning
Upon completion of the minor degree program in the department of accounting, economics, and finance in the College of Business, students will be prepared to take the certification examination of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
New Assignments for Two Black Faculty Members
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor was promoted to associate professor of history and granted tenure at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Oladiran Fasina was named chair of the department of biosystems engineering at Auburn University in Alabama.
Harris-Stowe State University Opens New Finance Education Center
The new center was financed by a grant from Wells Fargo, the banking and financial services giant. The facility includes a trading floor that includes a ticker that streams real-time market information enabling students to manage trade simulations and portfolio management.
Three African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions
Taking on new administrative roles are Jonathan Nurse at Florida State University, Shawna Cooper-Gibson at Loyola University Chicago, and Mario Berry at Spelman College in Atlanta.
Winston-Salem State University Scholar Mounts Book Drive for Nigerian Library Destroyed by Fire
Alice Etim, an associate professor of management information systems at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, collected and shipped more than 800 books to replenish a library at her alma mater - the University of Jos in Nigeria - that lost half of its collection in a fire.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Recent Books 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. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
A Potent Partnership to Increase the Number of African Americans in Engineering
The National Society of Black Engineers has signed a three-year agreement with the Biomedical Engineering Society to support the organizations’ mutual goal of increasing diversity in engineering.
Brown University Exhibit Features the African American Roots of Popular Music
The exhibit, "Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues," includes nineteenth- and early twentieth-century books, sheet music, concert posters, songbooks, and other artifacts. It will be shown at the university's John Hay Library through May 5.
William F. Owen Named Dean and Chancellor of the Ross University School of Medicine
Students at the Ross University School of Medicine study in Dominica in the West Indies and then complete their training at an affiliated teaching hospital in the United States. Ross University is a division of the DeVry Education Group.
Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Professor Is the First African American to Lead a Federal Reserve Board Regional Bank
Raphael Bostic, has been serving as the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise and director of the Bedrosian Center on Governance in the School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
