Tag: Prescott College

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Prescott College Names Dr. Barbara Morris as Next President

Prescott College has appointed Dr. Barbara Morris to serve as its 18th president. Morris, who is currently associate vice provost and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the State University of New York (SUNY), is scheduled to take the reigns at Prescott on July 15. Prescott University Board Chair Lynne Nemethe praised “Dr. Morris’s […]

June 8, 2021

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Dr. Anita Fernández Named Prescott College’s First Chief Diversity Officer

Dr. Anita Fernández has been appointed Prescott College’s first chief diversity officer (CDO). In the role, she will report directly to Prescott President John Flicker and his leadership team. Fernández is currently occupying a different role at Prescott, as director and assistant dean of Prescott College Tucson. And prior to that, she was Prescott’s director […]

March 4, 2021

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Prescott College Opens MFA Program at the Intersection of Art and Social Justice

Prescott College in Arizona announced a new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program this week. The program’s curriculum will focus on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing. The 48-credit online program will be led by Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and founder and chairperson of Reform […]

November 22, 2019

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Green Mountain College Announces Closure, Partnership to Help Students Complete Degree Programs

Green Mountain College (GMC) Board of Trustees have announced that the 185-year-old institution will close its doors at the end of the spring 2019 semester. GMC officials said the college has created a teach-out partnership with Prescott College to help GMC students complete their degrees before the school closes. Under the partnership, Prescott will admit […]

January 24, 2019

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Black Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott College

Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network is joining the faculty of the Social Justice and Community Organizing program at Prescott College,  a small liberal arts college in Arizona. Cullors, an activist, artist, educator and the author of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir will serve as […]

August 7, 2018