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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

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Young to Head-up FAMU Center for African and African American Studies

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Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Watson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at FAMU. The center, which will open its doors during the 2024-25 academic year, is made possible in part, from funding from two major philanthropic organizations.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Yolanda Pierce “During the search process, Yolanda Pierce stood out for her outstanding national leadership at the intersection of religion and public life,” said Dr. C.

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University holds Holocaust remembrance event despite Jewish protests

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And faculty members say this year’s event was going to feature the provost, Heather Coltman, playing piano, something the last event’s committee rejected. “When a representative of the provost suggested that we consider the provost’s friend Dr. Alan Berger, her good friend, we did so,” Flannery said.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

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According to a 2020 report from Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) Scholars, an organization working to support Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student success, 50% of Native Hawaiian students leave college without receiving a degree or certificate. Dr. Nikki Chun, vice provost for enrollment management at UH M?noa.