Facilities Scholarship University President 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
University President Dr. Ben Vinson III emphasized the broader implications of this achievement for both Howard and the communities it serves. It would be great for HBCUs seeking R1 status to form a coalition and work collectively to support each other towards this goal, he added.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 11, 2022
” He wondered what could be done about funds (especially scholarship dollars) whose restrictions make them impossible to use. candidate who is unafraid of getting filthy and cares little about the spiders, snakes, raccoons and rodents in the kind of storage building that someone from Facilities must unlock.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 18, 2023
Under his leadership, the university has made tremendous strides. Over the last five years, it’s doubled its endowment and student body and added more than $80 million in new facilities. Those are all traits that are incredibly important for university presidents. You have to be able to listen well. Absolutely.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 21, 2023
He recently led a project to develop a data-driven metric for identifying rural-serving institutions (RSIs), and he has been invited to speak by a number of organizations, including the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, National Scholarship Providers Association, and the Oregon Community College Association.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
” While many colleges and universities have long-established policies in place to determine how they name facilities, scholarships, programs and more, denaming policies are rarer, often springing up only after advocates start pushing for a building’s name to be changed.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Berger-Sweeney raised over $600,000 to create a new scholarship fund at the turn of the college’s 200th anniversary. Furthermore, the outgoing president helped found the Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) to strengthen academic and co-curricular partnerships between Hartford and the college’s students, staff and faculty.
University Business
AUGUST 25, 2023
And the most recent smattering of presidents to soon depart is a stark reminder of that. Of the four college and university presidents whose run will end this academic year, only one is retiring on satisfying terms. Ousted Nancy Cantor – Rutgers University-Newark (N.J.)
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