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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. In 2016, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D.

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Dr. Marlene Tromp Named University of Vermont's 28th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marlene Tromp The University of Vermont (UVM) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Marlene Tromp as the institution's 28th president. Tromp, who is currently serving as president of Boise State University, will assume her new role later this summer. "Dr. Tromp's rural background appears to have been a significant factor in her selection.

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Augusta Tech President Named Sole Finalist to Lead Savannah State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Jermaine Whirl as the sole finalist for the presidency of Savannah State University, the state's oldest historically Black Dr. Jermaine Whirl university. The coastal Georgia institution, founded in 1890, has played a vital role in African American higher education for over 130 years.

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High-achieving Indian alumni honoured in UK

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The National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK honoured a group of high-achieving Indian alumni from British universities, celebrating the ‘living bridge’ between the two nations. The India-UK Achievers Honours celebrate the professional and social contributions of Indians who have studied in the UK.

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India explores initiatives to promote special visas for int’l students

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We are actively exploring ways to spread more awareness of this initiative via the Indian Embassies abroad through education fairs, webinars, and social media campaigns targeted at student communities in key countries, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, chairman, University Grants Commission , told The PIE News.

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

Pursuing a PhD represents the pinnacle of academic achievement, but beneath the accolades there lurks a significant, often overlooked reality: the mental health toll plaguing many doctoral candidates. A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S.