Virginia Tech Reports 13 Percent Increase in Black Applicants
In 2016, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands set a goal to have 40 percent of the student body come from underrepresented groups and first generation students by 2022.
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A Half Dozen African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts
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.
Eight African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts
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.
Mar 01, 2019 | 0 comments
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Six African American Scholars Appointed to Faculty Posts at Colleges and Universities
The five faculty members taking on new assignments are Telissah Williams at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Vanessa K. Valdés at the City University of New York, Conuelo Wilkins at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Nicole M. Mitchell at the University of Pittsburgh, and Tanisha M. Jackson at Ohio State University.
New Administrative Posts for Four African Americans in the Academic World
Taking on new roles are Kenneth Strother Jr. at Princeton University in New Jersey, Opio Mashariki at Savannah State University in Georgia, Alphonso Garrett Jr. of Virginia Tech, and La’Tosha Brown at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.
Jan 11, 2019 | 0 comments
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Ohio State University Establishes the Dr. James L. Moore III Scholars Program
The Dr. James L. Moore III Scholars Program – named for the Chief Diversity officer at Ohio State – will support 10 undergraduate students annually who are transferring from Columbus State Community College to Ohio State University.
Dec 12, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities for a Half Dozen African Americans
Taking on new roles are B. Afeni McNeely Cobham at Grand Rapids Community College, Cornelius Wooten at North Carolina Central University, Kerone Wetter at Virginia Tech, Kenya Mann Faulkner at Penn State, Yolanda Edmond at Texas Southern University, and Shawnboda Mead at the University of Mississippi.
Nov 09, 2018 | 0 comments
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Virginia Tech Launches New Initiative to Bring a More Diverse Group of Students to Campus
Virginia Tech has launched a new initiative, the Calhoun Discovery Program, that works with Virginia communities that typically graduate a lower number of college-bound high school students.
Nov 06, 2018 | 0 comments
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Winston-Salem State University Establishes a Physical Therapy Residence Program
Historically Black Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina has partnered with Novant Health to create the first physical therapy residence program based at a HBCU. The new 12-month program will focus on neurologic care.
Nov 02, 2018 | 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.
Oct 17, 2018 | 0 comments
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Byron Hughes Named Dean of Students at Virginia Tech
Dr. Hughes began his career at Virginia Tech in 2008 as the assistant director for student conduct. Since 2013, he has been serving as the university’s director of fraternity and sorority life. Prior to coming to Blacksburg, he worked in residential life positions at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and Salisbury University in Maryland.
Oct 08, 2018 | 0 comments
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A Trio of African American Women Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Valerie Kinloch, the Renee and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, Menah Pratt-Clarke, vice president of strategic affairs and vice provost at Virginia Tech, and Andrea Scott, who teaches Spanish professor at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis.
Oct 05, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Positions for Seven 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.
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New Administrative Posts for Seven 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 14, 2018 | 0 comments
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Universities Seeking to Increase Diversity Among Research Librarians
Only about 4 percent of research librarians are members of ethnic and racial minorities. A group of 36 university libraries are participating in an effort to raise that figure.
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New Administrative Appointments for Seven African Americans at Colleges and Universities
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 03, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Posts for 13 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.
Jun 29, 2018 | 2 comments
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Three African Americans Who Are Retiring From Higher Education Posts
The three retirees are Rhonda Rogers at Virginia Tech, Karla Spurlock-Evans at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Kent Merritt at the University of Virginia.
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Darrell Cain Appointed President of Pierce College-Puyallup in Washington State
Dr. Cain has been serving as vice chancellor for student affairs for Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis. When he takes office, Dr. Cain will be the first African American to serve as permanent president of the Puyallup campus.
May 21, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Posts for Seven 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.
May 11, 2018 | 0 comments
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School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Names Its Next Dean
Currently, Dr. Martin is the Bob Benmosche Professor, chair of the department of civil engineering, and the founding director of the Risk Engineering and Systems Analytics Center at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Apr 09, 2018 | 0 comments
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Stephanie Adams Will Lead the American Society for Engineering Education
Stephanie Adams is dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She will serve one year as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education beginning in June and will become president of the organization in June 2019.
Apr 02, 2018 | 0 comments
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New Administrative Appointments for Four African Americans in Higher Education
Taking on new duties are Darrice Griffin at the University of Georgia, Charles L. Greene II at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Antonio Marvin Boyle at Delaware State University, and Mark Caartwright at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Jan 19, 2018 | 0 comments
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Virginia Tech Study Finds American Youth Are Increasingly Exposed to Online Hate
James Hawdon, a professor of sociology at Virginia Tech, finds that the number of Americans ages 15 to 21 who are exposed to online extremist messages increased by over 20 percent, from 58.3 percent to 70.2 percent, between 2013 and 2016.
Oct 18, 2017 | 0 comments
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Seven African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts at U.S. Universities
The appointees are Kimberly Weatherly at the College of William and Mary, Walter P. Parrish III at the University of Chicago, Emil L. Cunningham at Penn State, Althea Counts at the University of South Carolina, Damien M. Williams at Fayetteville State, Patrice Dickerson at Virginia Tech, and Diedrick Graham at the University of Kansas.
Oct 09, 2017 | 0 comments
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Virginia Tech Holds Its Inaugural Black College Institute
The institute was a three-day, pre-college program that sought to acclimate African American and Black students to college life. Nearly 60 students attended.
Four Black Scholars Taking on New Academic Duties at Major Universities
Taking on new assignments are John Rickford at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Michelle Harding at Virginia Tech, Natoya Haskins at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Robert T. Listenbee at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Jun 23, 2017 | 0 comments
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Ohio State’s James Moore III Honored by the American Educational Research Association
Dr. Moore has been selected to receive the Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award and the Dr. Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Lifetime Scholarship from AERA’s Multicultural/Multiethnic Education Special Interest Group.
Professor Carol Swain to Leave Her Faculty Post at Vanderbilt University
Carol M. Swain, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University and a professor at the Vanderbilt Law School, has announced that she will leave the university in August. Professor Swain said “I will not miss what American universities have allowed themselves to become.”
Jan 30, 2017 | 2 comments
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Eight African American Appointed to 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.
Jan 27, 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.
Dec 14, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Online Archive Documents Bank Redlining Practices in the 1930s
A new website hosted by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond offers visitors a look at a series of maps from the Home Owners Loan Corporation that document the practice of redlining during the New Deal era.
Dec 13, 2016 | 0 comments
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Virginia Tech Mandates Diversity Training for All Faculty Search Committee Members
From now on, all search committee members reviewing applications for teaching, research, and faculty positions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will be required to complete an online diversity training course.
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Faculty Assignments for Five Black Scholars at Major Universities
Taking on new roles are Kecia Williams Smith at Virginia Tech, Darlene Clark Hine at Michigan State University, Eric Dogini at Alcorn State University, Donald White at Grambling State University, and Esther Lamidi at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
Sep 09, 2016 | 0 comments
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New Academic Study Offers a Clue to Explain Racial Differences in Breastfeeding Rates
One surprising finding of a new study that may explain racial differences in breastfeeding rates is the fact that the authors found that Black mothers were nine times as likely as White mothers to be given formula for their babies when they were still in the hospital.
In Memoriam: James F. Tucker, 1925-2016
Dr. Tucker served as president of Virginia State from 1968 to 1970 and then served on the economics faculty and was the director of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech from 1970 to 1974.
Aug 02, 2016 | 0 comments
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