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MARCH 22, 2023

Yolanda Pierce will become dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, effective Jul. A public theologian and leader on the role of religion in public life, Pierce is currently dean and professor of religion at the Howard University School of Divinity. from Cornell University and a B.A. Pierce holds a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Washington, Tuskegee University is a private historically black university (HBCU) located in Tuskegee, Alabama about 40 miles east of Montgomery. It was built on Booker T.

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APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutes During the month of March, we celebrate Womens History Month. Kim Zoldak Kim Zoldak is a Teaching Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. Whether shes teaching introductory astronomy , astrophysics or physics courses, her passion for sharing the wonders of the universe always shines through.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences. Farmer, a prominent historian at the University of Texas at Austin.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

During that time, I took on the role of President/CEO of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) and dedicated myself fully to the organization. In 1975, I designed my own major in College Administration, combining courses in business, history/political science, and psychology.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Wen Mao will become the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business (VSB), effective Aug. Donohue, president of Villanova University. Mao is currently vice dean of the business school. Previously, she has been VSB’s associate dean of faculty and chair of the Department of Economics. Mao holds a B.A.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The program, which saw 20 Indigenous students from three Canadian institutions visit the University of Wollongong in Australia, is the first to bring together Indigenous mobility experiences and immersive VR technologies. Everything but the jet lag could be recreated, Granger said.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

.” Excavated and paraphrased from the manifesto of a 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter, these are words that Hilary Link, president of Drew University, has stood by throughout her 24 years as a scholar and administrator across five institutions and two countries. “We look at our history. We look to our values.

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APRIL 3, 2023

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. “I

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Programs Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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MAY 3, 2023

Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept. Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. I applied to non-tenure-line teaching positions, linguistics-adjacent orgs and a bunch of university admin jobs. I babysat for the dean of students.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Manuel Martínez has been named president of Dominican University New York. Dr. Manuel Martínez “I am so honored and grateful to be chosen as the next president of Dominican University New York,” said Martínez. Martínez will be the first layperson to lead the university in its 72-year history.

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MAY 10, 2023

Kelly Ryan will become president of Eastern Oregon University (EOU), effective Jul. Dr. Kelly Ryan Ryan is currently interim chancellor of Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast). in history from George Mason University; an M.A. in history from Boston College; and a Ph.D. 1, The Observer reported.

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JULY 8, 2024

Smallwood has been appointed dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He served as professor and chair of the department of history and political science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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MARCH 24, 2023

Cole will become president of Loyola University New Orleans, effective Jun. Cole Cole is currently vice president for student affairs at Marquette University. Before Marquette, Cole was vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Washington College and assistant vice president at Loyola University Maryland.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Diversity Landmarks—the displaying of 3x5 placards showcasing quotes that embrace diversity — has been part of Indiana University Northwest (IUN) for two decades.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will now be known as the CSU College of Law, according to a university news release. The decision comes after an ad hoc committee recommended the university rebrand the law school to cut association with Marshall due to his history of owning enslaved people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Guskiewicz will become the next president of Michigan State University, effective Mar. Guskiewicz Guskiewicz – a neuroscientist, sports medicine researcher, and academic leader – is currently chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jackson, dean of the MSU College of Education and search committee member.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. Previously, he served as founding dean of the University College at Fort Valley State University and director of college success services for University of North Carolina.

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University Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

In fact, Jacqueline Mozrall, School of Business Dean, had this to say: The architects did a wonderful job blending the new expansion with the existing building. At Max Lowenthal Hall, we designed for todays students, while preserving and referencing a modernist history, and providing flexibility to adapt to future trends.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. Howard University The 3.5-year Williams, dean of Howard University’s Graduate School , professor of African-American literature, and grant co-leader.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education. ole Osorio, dean of Hawai?inui?kea The University of Hawai'i M?noa ole Osorio, dean of Hawai?inui?kea

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MindMax

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Breakfast Club, hosted by Chief Learning Officer, has a 17-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development, and business strategy. Weber Associate Vice Chancellor – Leader and Culture Development, Texas Tech University System Nancy Coleman, Ed.D. Webinar Overview.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

Susanna Rinehart, associate professor of theatre history, literature, and performance, has been named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs for Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD). She was also assistant provost of liberal education and director of diversity education for the university.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish institution, is launching a new program intended for Christian students. ” Graduates of the one-year program, which is scheduled to start this fall, will earn a master’s degree in Jewish studies from Yeshiva University and a certificate in Hebraic studies from the Philos Project.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Emory University and the College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) in Oklahoma have partnered and received $2.4 Carla Freeman, interim dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences. million from The Mellon Foundation to help develop programs advancing Native and Indigenous Studies and the preservation of the Mvskoke language.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

She told education professors and deans that the work that they’re doing at the higher education level, is helping by preparing future teachers and ensuring that they’re ready for the demands of a future workforce ready to meet the challenging needs that face education today. Supreme Court case that desegrated public schools.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. or higher and an interest in Black history, life, and culture. Wood is hoping to recruit some of those students to his campus. “In

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Today's Learner

MARCH 21, 2025

Music: A force for connection and change Music is our universal language and far beyond mere entertainment its greatest power lies in building community. Its a role music has played throughout history, from ancient traditions to the rise of modern media. Music is also fundamental to our personal histories.

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