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Leadership & Policy

Wellesley College Names Paula Johnson as President

Wellesley College announced today it had selected Dr. Paula A. Johnson as its 14th president, making her the first African-American woman to lead the school that was founded in 1870.

February 11, 2016

Students

STEPHANIE M. GRAHAM

STEPHANIE M. GRAHAM has been promoted to associate vice president and deputy general counsel for Northwestern University. She was deputy general counsel at Northwestern University. Graham earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois and a juris doctor from the University of Chicago Law School.

February 11, 2016

Students

Black Academicians Share Advice on How to be Successful in the Academy

Reaching the Mountaintop of the Academy, a new book edited by three prominent education scholars, provides readers with narratives, advice and useful strategies from Black academicians holding distinguished professorships across the nation.

January 24, 2016

Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

Community Colleges

MILAGROS PEÑA

MILAGROS PEÑA has been appointed dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She was associate dean for behavioral and social sciences at the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Peña earned a bachelor’s from Iona College in New York, a master’s from the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a master’s degree and a doctorate from Stony Brook University of the State University of New York.

November 4, 2015

Leadership & Policy

TAMARA RODENBERG

TAMARA RODENBERG has been named president of Bethany College in West Virginia, effective January 1. She is vice president for advancement for the Divinity School at Texas Christian University. Rodenberg earned a bachelor’s from Texas Christian University, a master’s from Lexington Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in California.

October 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Washington Names Cauce as President

The University of Washington Board of Regents on Tuesday chose Ana Mari Cauce to be the school’s next president.

October 13, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Soccer Players Suspended for a Match after Blackface Incident

Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after a social media post surfaced showing them dressed in blackface and afro wigs.

September 3, 2015

Students

Expert: Don’t Get Bogged Down in ‘Hiring Funnel’

Despite the growing number of websites designed to connect college graduates to jobs, job seekers should focus on alternative ways to get in contact with the people who hire and fire.

September 3, 2015

Students

Saved for now, Sweet Briar College Looks for a Long-term Fix

Weeks into his presidency at Sweet Briar College, Phillip C. Stone knows that, without a serious change in fortune, the salvation will only be temporary.

August 23, 2015

African-American

University of Texas Moving Statue of Jefferson Davis

The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the center of campus, but statues of other Confederate figures will remain, school president Greg Fenves announced Thursday.

August 13, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Toldson in Charge at White House HBCU Office

Dr. Ivory Toldson has been officially named acting executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges.

August 12, 2015