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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Aug 30, 2017 | 0 comments
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Alvia Wardlaw Honored by the Association of African American Museums
Alvia Wardlaw is a professor of art history and director and curator of the University Museum at Texas Southern University in Houston. In 1996, she became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in history at the University of Texas at Austin.
Aug 28, 2017 | 0 comments
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Seven African Americans Named to New Administrative Posts 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.
Aug 25, 2017 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University Law School Sanctioned for Alleged Gender Discrimination
An American Bar Association investigative committee visited the campus and heard complaints relating to sexual harassment and gender discrimination and determined that the law school was not meeting the standards set by the ABA.
Jul 28, 2017 | 0 comments
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The New Urban Research and Resource Center at Texas Southern University
The center, under the direction of Marcia Johnson a professor at the university’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law, will combine scholarly endeavors with community outreach to develop and expand research programs.
Jul 12, 2017 | 2 comments
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Texas Southern University Adds a New Doctoral Degree Program in Public Administration
If approved by the Texas Higher Education Commission, the new online doctoral program in public administration at Texas Southern University will be the first in Texas and one of only six in the nation.
May 12, 2017 | 5 comments
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Four Black Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their University Posts
The Black women who have announced their retirements are Sandra J. DeLoatch of Norfolk State University in Virginia, Iris Rosa of Indiana University, Jean Hampton of Texas Southern University, and Branwen Smith-King of Tufts University in Massachusetts.
May 02, 2017 | 0 comments
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Academic Hunger Games: HBCUs in a Fight for Survival
John M. Rudley, president emeritus of Texas Southern University in Houston, examines the current leadership crisis that is impacting many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
Apr 24, 2017 | 3 comments
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Ten African Americans Selected for New Administrative Posts 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.
Texas Southern University Proposes a Four-Day Summer Work Week for Staff
Texas Southern University, the historically Black educational institution in Houston, has a plan to institute a four-day work week during the summer months in an effort to reduce expenses. The proposed changes would save the university nearly $13,000 a day or more than $467,000 for the summer session.
Mar 17, 2017 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University Reports Higher Enrollments
Texas Southern University, the historically Black educational institution in Houston, reports that it has 8,585 students enrolled for the spring semester. This is up nearly 6 percent from the spring 2016 semester. Graduate enrollments are up 18 percent.
Mar 03, 2017 | 0 comments
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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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New Administrative Roles for Four African Americans in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative duties are Patrick Harold Johnson at Meharry Medical College, Shontay Delalue at Brown University, Kenneth Huewitt at Texas Southern University, and Barry L. Wells at Syracuse University.
Nov 25, 2016 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University Partners With the Houston Community College System
The agreement will facilitate a seamless transfer of students who earn associate’s degrees at the system’s community colleges to bachelor’s degree programs at Texas Southern University.
Nov 18, 2016 | 0 comments
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Four African American Men Appointed to Key Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The appointees are Rick Daniels at Rock Valley College in Illinois, Raphael X. Moffett at Texas Southern University in Houston, Jack Thomas of Western Illinois University in Macomb, and Peter Edmund Millet at Meharry Medical College.
Nov 18, 2016 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Edgar L. Berry
Edgar L. Berry was interim vice president for student affairs at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Earlier he served as vice president for student affairs at Texas College in Tyler, Texas.
Oct 25, 2016 | 0 comments
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The Next Provost at Albany State University in Georgia
Tau Kadhi has been serving as associate provost for academic programs and undergraduate research at North Carolina Central University in Durham. He will begin his new role at Albany State University in Georgia on November 1.
Sep 30, 2016 | 0 comments
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Two African Americans Appointed to Positions as Deans
J. Leon Washington was named dean of enrollment management at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and Michael Adams, a professor of public affairs at Texas Southern University, was named interim dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at the university.
Sep 27, 2016 | 0 comments
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Four Black Scholars Taking on New Roles at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new assignments are Kosali Simon at Indiana University, Juli Grigsby at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Bobby L. Wilson at Texas Southern University in Houston, and Marcus Bellamy at Boston University.
Sep 23, 2016 | 0 comments
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Two African Americans Named to Leadership Posts at Universities in Texas
Soncia Reagins-Lilly was named dean of students and vice president for student affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and James Douglas was appointed interim dean at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston.
Texas Southern University Team Wins International Entrepreneur Competition
The Texas Southern University team showcased their RadBlok device, an electromagnetic chip that improves cellphone reception, increases cellphone battery life, and protects the user from unwanted radiation.
Aug 31, 2016 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University Partners With Lone Star College
Under the agreement, students who earn associate’s degrees at Lone Star College will be helped in transferring to Texas Southern University and will be provided with academic counseling. Students who earn credits at Texas Southern University but leave school, will be able to use those credits to obtain an associate’s degree at Lone Star College.
Jul 13, 2016 | 0 comments
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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.
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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.
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Texas Southern University Teams Up With Verizon for STEM Summer Program
The Verizon Minority Male Makers Program @ Texas Southern University is designed to introduce male middle school students from underrepresented groups to the high-tech skills and concepts that will lead them to better career opportunities.
Jun 03, 2016 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University Chooses Its Next President
Austin A. Lane has been serving as executive vice chancellor of Lone Star College System based in The Woodlands, Texas. From 2009 to 2015, Dr. Lane was president of the Montgomery campus of Lone Star College.
May 31, 2016 | 0 comments
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New University Administrative Posts for Five African Americans
Taking on new administrative duties are Valerie I. Harrison at Temple University, David M. Grubb at Dillard University, Margo Foremen at Iowa State University, Adrienne J. McNeil-Washington at Lehigh University, and Yvette Barker at Texas Southern University.
Mar 18, 2016 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, 1940-2016
As a student at Texas Southern University in 1960, Hogrobrooks was one of the leaders of a student movement that staged the first lunchcounter sit-in Houston.
Feb 08, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Three African Americans
The African Americans in new administrative posts in higher education are Eva K. Pickens at Texas Southern University, Adriel A. Hilton at Grambling State University in Louisiana, and Howard Blue at Yale University Health.
Jan 05, 2016 | 0 comments
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Texas Southern University President to Step Down at the End of the Academic Year
John M. Rudley has served as the eleventh president of Texas Southern University in Houston since 2008. Earlier, he was interim chancellor of the University of Houston System and interim president of the University of Houston.
Dec 28, 2015 | 0 comments
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Only Half of the Law Schools at HBCUs Have a Majority of Blacks in Their Student Bodies
This brief snapshot of the six law schools at historically Black universities compares enrollments, selectivity, and bar passage rates.
Jul 21, 2015 | 0 comments
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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.
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In Memoriam: Ray Floyd Wilson, 1926-2015
Ray F. Wilson taught chemistry at Texas Southern University in Houston for 42 years. In 1953, he was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jun 30, 2015 | 0 comments
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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.
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African American Adjunct Professor Wins a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Melissa Givens is an adjunct professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and Texas Southern University in Houston. She is also a doctoral student in music at the University of Houston.
May 01, 2015 | 0 comments
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Ronald A. Johnson Appointed President of Clark Atlanta University
Since 2011, Dr. Johnson has been dean of the School of Business at Texas Southern University in Houston. He is the former dean of the College of Business at Western Carolina University. Dr. Johnson will become president of Clark Atlanta University on July 1.
Mar 31, 2015 | 0 comments
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