Tag: Medgar Evers College

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Dr. Patricia Ramsey Appointed First Woman to be President of Medgar Evers College

Dr. Patricia Ramsey – biologist, educator, strategist, leader and fundraiser – has been appointed president of Medgar Evers College. She will be the first woman to serve in the role. Ramsey will bring her experience as an HBCU leader to the position, taking charge of the predominantly Black and emerging Hispanic-serving institution. In the past, […]

March 22, 2021

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Medgar Evers’ Wife Opposes Reappointment of Rudy Crew as President of Medgar Evers College

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ wife Myrlie Evers has opposed the reappointment of Rudy Crew as the president of Medgar Evers Colege, a Brooklyn institution named after her late husband, reported the BK Reader. In a letter to the board of the City University of New York (CUNY), which she shared with the BK Reader, […]

July 29, 2020

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Scholars Find Solidarity at MLA Convention

Invigorated by animated discussions about research, teaching, literature, linguistics and careers in and outside of the academy, several thousand Humanities scholars braved the snow and frigid temperature to gather in New York City for the annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

January 7, 2018

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Colleagues Remember Medgar Evers’ Dean Griffith as ‘Model Educator’

As acting dean of student affairs and enrollment management, Griffith was an exacting role model who encouraged Medgar Evers College’s mostly Black and Latino students to stay in college.

May 14, 2015

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Medgar Evers College Dean Dies in Amtrak Wreck

Dr. Derrick E. Griffith, the acting dean of student affairs and enrollment management at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was among the seven victims killed on Tuesday after the Amtrak train traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York derailed in Philadelphia.

May 13, 2015

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National Urban League Delivers Word to Higher Ed

The group’s Equality Index in its annual State of Black America report shows Blacks falling further behind Whites statistically in key quality of life indicators.

March 25, 2015