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University of Missouri Honors Its First Black Professor

COLUMBIA Mo. Arvarh Strickland came to the University of Missouri nearly four decades ago to teach history.

October 21, 2007

Students

Baby Boomlet Continues to Boost Enrollment at Washington State Universities

SEATTLE Baby boomers continue to send record numbers of their children to Washington’s public four-year universities, where enrollment is up on most campuses again this year.

October 14, 2007

Students

Hampton University hosts Jena 6 awareness rally

Hampton, Va. – Several Hampton University student organizations will host a Jena 6 awareness event on Thursday, Sept. 20 at noon in front of the Hampton University Student Center. There will be a moment of silence for the Jena 6, poetry and monologue readings and a petition-singing booth.

September 18, 2007

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Critics say SDSU expansion plan fails to address impacts

SAN DIEGO Critics of San Diego State University’s expansion plans say the university is underestimating the impact of the project on traffic, neighborhoods and the environment.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina State pursuing solvency: controversial loan from University of South Carolina part of remedy

Orangeburg, S.C. Four years of operating in the red finally forced South Carolina State University to borrow $2.1 million from another state institution. But it appears the historically Black institution may be able to avoid that problem next year.

July 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Powerful sisters – college presidents – Cover Story

Within only a couple of decades, women of color have come a long way in their representation among college presidents. The place where they are most abundant is at community colleges. There are currently 104 women of color heading postsecondary institutions, and 61 of these are at community colleges.

July 12, 2007

Students

Virginia Tech Inundated With Gifts

BLACKSBURG Va. One supportive message came engraved on a 150-pound rock from the Mississippi River. Another was a lime-green hood from a race car bearing Virginia Tech’s logo. A large painting of a tree arrived on a semitrailer from a New York university.

June 25, 2007

Sports

Rekindling Wilma’s legacy: Tennessee State University struggles to revive Olympic tradition – athlete Wilma Rudolph

It was only fitting that the route for the Atlanta-bound Olympic torch ran right through the heart of the historically Black Tennessee State University (TSU) campus in Nashville. After all, the school has a storied tradition in women’s track and field.

June 20, 2007

Students

HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students

Campus silence is read as lack of support.

May 16, 2007

Students

MLK Day Party With Malt Liquor, Faux Gang Apparel Causes Uproar on Texas Campus

STEPHENVILLE, Texas Known for its award-winning rodeo teams, Tarleton State University is a usually quiet campus nestled in the state’s biggest dairy community. But that wasn’t the case Thursday, a day after more than 400 people attended a campus meeting to discuss a Martin Luther King Jr. party last week that many here found racially offensive.

January 25, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Central State University Makes Pitch for $33 Million Aid Plan

COLUMBUS, Ohio Financially struggling Central State University needs an extra $33 million in state funding to preserve its role as Ohio’s only public historically Black college, its president said this week.

January 18, 2007

African-American

The Evolution of Black Culture Centers

One of the latest projects by the African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University…

January 10, 2007