Tag: Harris-Stowe State University

African-American

Institute of International Education Selects 40 Institutions to Receive Study Abroad Grant

The Institute of International Education (IIE) named Harris-Stowe State University, a historically Black university in Saint Louis, Missouri, as one of 40 recipients for a grant focused on increasing access to study abroad opportunities. As part of the IIE American Passport Project grant, 25 first-year students are selected from each institution to receive U.S. passports […]

July 1, 2021

Leadership & Policy

Harris-Stowe State University President Departs After One Year on the Job

Harris-Stowe State University President Dr. Corey S. Bradford Sr. has left the position after one year on the job, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, who served as provost and vice president of academic affairs, has been appointed interim president. Bradford left to pursue “an opportunity at a research university,” according to a […]

June 7, 2021

African-American

Harris-Stowe State University and IBM Partner to Train Students on Technology Skills

Harris-Stowe State University has received $2 million in resources from IBM for a digital skills program that helps train students in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, data science, cybersecurity, cloud and quantum, according to a Harris-Stowe press release. This partnership is part of IBM’s work with U.S. historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) […]

January 5, 2021

COVID-19

Harris-Stowe State Temporarily Shuts Campus After COVID-19 Outbreak

Harris-Stowe State University temporarily closed its campus last week after eight employees tested positive for COVID-19, reported The St. Louis American. All eight employees who tested positive were located in one building on campus, the Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building. The campus has been closed to all students and non-essential personnel since July 22, and […]

July 27, 2020

News Roundup

Harris-Stowe State University Names Dr. Corey S. Bradford Sr. New President

Harris-Stowe State University on Thursday named Dr. Corey S. Bradford Sr. its president. Bradford Sr., a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is currently senior vice president for business affairs at Prairie View A&M University. He will begin his new position at St. Louis-based Harris-Stowe on May 1, according to a university statement. “The Board is […]

April 16, 2020

HBCUs

Harris-Stowe’s Warmack Named New President of Claflin

As Dr. Henry N. Tisdale prepares to retire June 30 after 25 years as president of a transformed Claflin University, the historically Black institution announced Monday that he will be succeeded by another HBCU president.

June 10, 2019

News Roundup

Harris-Stowe President Selected as 2019 Eisenhower Fellow

Harris-Stowe State University announced that its president, Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, is one of 13 U.S. leaders – and the only from an academic institution – to be selected as a 2019 USA Eisenhower Fellow. Warmack joins a cohort of fellows who are leaders in education policy, finance, urban agriculture, veterans’ affairs, affordable housing, health […]

April 26, 2019

Students

Fantastic Five: Strada Grantees Look Ahead to Implementation

Last year, five minority serving institutions, or MSIs, each received $325,000 grants from Strada Education Network, formerly known as USA Funds, to close the gap between academic and professional success.

October 3, 2017