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.
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Feb 22, 2017 | 0 comments
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Ntozake Shange Donates Her Archives to Barnard College in New York City
Ntozake Shange, the noted African American playwright, poet, and novelist has donated her extensive archives to Barnard College in New York City. Shange is a 1970 alumna of the college.
Jun 01, 2016 | 2 comments
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Five Black Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
Taking on new duties are David H. Jackson at Florida A&M University. Belinda Archibong at Barnard College, Derron O. Wallace at Brandeis University, Christena Cleveland at Duke Divinity School, and Zella Palmer at Dillard University.
Nov 06, 2015 | 0 comments
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Three Black Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Mignon R. Moore is a new associate professor of sociology at Barnard College. Kara Walker was named to an endowed chair at Rutgers University and Jenna Hatcher is taking on new duties at the University of Kentucky’s College of Nursing.
Oct 30, 2015 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Mary Lynn Jones Walker Huntley, 1946-2015
Lynn Walker Huntley served as president of the Southern Education Foundation from 2002 to 2010. Earlier she was an attorney for the Legal Defense Fund and a deputy assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sep 11, 2015 | 0 comments
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Barnard College Scholar Co-Authors the Libretto for a New Opera
Yvette Christianse, a professor of English and Africana studies at Barnard College in New York City, is the co-author of the libretto for the opera Cities of Salt that debuted recently at the Royal Opera House in London.
Aug 11, 2015 | 0 comments
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University of Massachusetts Names New Dean for Its Honors College
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is currently the Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography and chair of the department of African and African American studies at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Mar 18, 2015 | 0 comments
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Barnard College Elevates Africana Studies to Department Status
Barnard College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in New York City, has elevated its African Studies Program to a full academic department.
Oct 18, 2013 | 0 comments
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Two Black Women in New Teaching Roles
Nobel Peach Prize winner Leymah Gbowee was named the inaugural Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice at Barnard College. Stacy Finley was hired to the biomedical engineering faculty at the University of Southern California.
Oct 18, 2013 | 0 comments
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