Tag: Swarthmore College

News Roundup

T. Shá Duncan Smith Appointed Santa Clara University’s First Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

T. Shá Duncan Smith will be Santa Clara University’s first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and chief diversity officer (CDO). Duncan Smith is currently Swarthmore College’s assistant vice president and dean of inclusive excellence and community development. She is also senior strategist for the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance at […]

March 19, 2021

News Roundup

Dr. Timothy E. Sams Named President of SUNY Old Westbury

With an almost 30-year higher education career, Dr. Timothy E. Sams was recently appointed president of The State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury, the Board of Trustees announced. Sams currently serves as the vice president of student affairs for Prairie View A&M University but has also held positions at Morehouse College, […]

November 9, 2020

News Roundup

Pennsylvania College to No Longer Allow Frats, Sororities

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity there that contains derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community and jokes about sexual assault. School President Valerie Smith made the announcement Friday in a letter posted on the college’s […]

May 12, 2019

Leadership & Policy

Smith Tapped as First African-American to Lead Swarthmore College

The appointment of Dr. Valerie Smith as the 15th president of Swarthmore College is being hailed by scholars as a major breakthrough for African-American women in the Academy.

February 22, 2015