In Memoriam: Charles Lyons Jr., 1926-2017
Dr. Lyons became chancellor of Fayetteville State University in 1969. He served in that role for 18 years before resigning in 1987.
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Jul 25, 2017 | 2 comments
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Paulette Dillard to Lead Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina
Dr. Dillard has served as a department chair, dean, and vice president of academic affairs at the university. She will serve as interim president while a nationwide search is underway to find the next permanent president of the university.
Jul 24, 2017 | 0 comments
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Shaw University President Steps Down to Take Post as Chief Operating Officer at Howard University
Tashni-Ann Dubroy has reigned her position as the 17th president of historically Black Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, after only two years in office. She will become executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
The New Dean of the School of Divinity at Shaw University in North Carolina
Johnny Bernard Hill has been serving as an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Earlier in his career Dr. Hill was an associate professor of theology at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Jun 23, 2017 | 0 comments
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Shaw University Enters Partnership With Roanoke-Chowan Community College
Shaw University has been offering courses in the Ashokie area since 1983. Under the agreement, these Shaw University courses will now be offered on the campus of Roanoke-Chowan Community College.
May 19, 2017 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
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May 17, 2017 | 0 comments
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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.
Mar 31, 2017 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
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Mar 29, 2017 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
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Jan 11, 2017 | 0 comments
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Private Black Universities Reporting Boosts in First-Year Enrollments
Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, has its largest entering class in six years and Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, has its largest first-year class in university history.
Aug 26, 2016 | 0 comments
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Shaw University Ends Three-Year Salary Reduction Program
The university said increases in enrollment, cost-saving initiatives across academic and operational budgets, and historic gains in corporate and private giving have allowed the educational institution to restore regular wage schedules.
Aug 05, 2016 | 0 comments
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Jun 22, 2016 | 0 comments
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Two African American Finalists for President of Roanoke-Chowan Community College
Stanley Elliott is vice president for student affairs at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Jimmy Tate is vice president for college advancement and strategic initiatives at James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, North Carolina.
Jun 21, 2016 | 0 comments
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Shaw University in Raleigh Reports a Record Number of Applicants
Applications are up 74 percent from last year. The university also reports that at this time, the number of confirmed new students is up 145 percent from a year ago.
Jun 10, 2016 | 0 comments
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
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Apr 06, 2016 | 0 comments
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Mar 23, 2016 | 0 comments
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Three African Americans Named to Administrative Posts at Southern Universities
Taking on new administrative roles are Sonja A. Bennett-Bellamy at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Marcellina Melvin at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and David C. Camps Sr. at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
Jan 22, 2016 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: William Alexander Darity Sr., 1924-2015
Williams Alexander Darity Sr. was professor emeritus of public health and the founding dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
President of Voorhees College Announces He Will Step Down
Cleveland L. Sellers Jr., a celebrated leader of the civil rights movement and president of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, announced that he will step down at the end of the current academic year.
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New Administrative Posts for Eight African Americans in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Sep 07, 2015 | 0 comments
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Jul 08, 2015 | 0 comments
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Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Names Its Next President
Dr. Tashni Dubroy has been serving as as the special assistant to the president for process optimization at Shaw University. Dr. Dubroy is also the co-founder of Tea and Honey Blends, a hair care products company.
Jun 04, 2015 | 0 comments
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Dorothy Cowser Yancy Honored by Johnson C. Smith University
Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, has paid tribute to its president emerita Dorothy Cowser Yancy by naming the new Information and Technology Hall in her honor.
Graduates of Shaw University Divinity School Will Be Trained in Financial Matters
The Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, North Carolina, has teamed up with AARP to establish a pilot program to educate future clergy members on financial literacy.
Apr 17, 2015 | 0 comments
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Moses V. Goldmon Named Second in Command at Lane College
Dr. Goldmon was serving as an assistant professor of religious education at the Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh and as pastor of Prince Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in New Hill, North Carolina.
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Dec 30, 2014 | 0 comments
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Lenard Moore Wins the 2014 North Carolina Award in Literature
Lenard Moore has been on the faculty at the University of Mount Olive since 2005. In 2008, Moore became the first Southerner and the first African American to be elected as president of the Haiku Society of America.
Nov 21, 2014 | 0 comments
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Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tightens Its Belt
Gaddis Faulcon, interim president of Shaw University, the historically Black educational institution in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced a series of cost-cutting measures in an effort to shore up the university’s financial situation.
Oct 24, 2014 | 0 comments
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Shana Redmonds Named to Professorship Honoring Civil Rights Activist Ella Baker
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has established a visiting professorship to honor Ella Baker, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its network of Freedom Schools. Shana Redmond of the University of Southern California will be the first holder of the post.
Oct 20, 2014 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Jeffrey A. Smith, 1970-2014
Dr. Smith, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, had been at his new job for only three weeks before his death. Previously, he was a vice president at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Oct 07, 2014 | 2 comments
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Marilyn Sutton-Haywood Named Dean of Arts and Sciences at Pfeiffer University
Dr. Sutton-Haywood was vice president for academic affairs and a professor of biology at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Earlier, she held similar posts at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sep 08, 2014 | 2 comments
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Shaw University Extends Contract of Acting President
Gaddis J. Faulcon has been serving as acting president of Shaw University since the beginning of the year. Now he has been named interim president and had his contract extended for a year.
Sep 02, 2014 | 0 comments
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Jul 23, 2014 | 0 comments
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Two African American Professors Honored With Awards From National Organizations
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, professor of religion at the Shaw University, was honored by the Society of Biblical Literature and William Lawson, professor at Howard University, will receive an award from the American Psychiatric Foundation.
Jan 17, 2014 | 0 comments
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Shaw University Names Acting President
Dr. Gaddis Faulcon has been serving as an associate professor of public administration and dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies at the university. He has been on the faculty since 1998.
Jan 02, 2014 | 0 comments
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Historically Black Shaw University Honors Its Outgoing President
Dorothy Cowser Yancy, who will leave the presidency of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, when a successor is named, has had a campus building named in her honor by the university’s board of trustees.
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