Yearly Archives: 2022

Accrediting Agency Places Saint Augustine’s University on Probation

Citing concerns about Saint Augustine's University's finances, the board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges recently voted to place the historically Black university on accreditation probation for a year.

A Quartet of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments

The four Black faculty members who have been appointed to new roles are Sylvester Johnson at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, LaQuandra Nesbitt in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University, Lorgia García Peña at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Kyaien Conner at the University of Pittsburgh.

Fayetteville State University of Offer Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training

Fayetteville State is the first HBCU in the country to host a sexual assault nurse examiners training program at its nursing school. Today, there are fewer than 100 SANEs certified across the state of North Carolina. The university's SANE program aims to train 20 of these specially qualified nurses per semester, including the summer, with a goal of reaching 60 per year.

The Library of Congress Recognizes Rita Dove for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry

Rita Dove, the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, received the 2022 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for lifetime achievement from the Library of Congress. Professor Dove has published 11 collections of poetry. She served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995 and won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1987.

Spelman College Will Be the First HBCU to Offer a Bachelor’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking

Support from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation for the new film documentary program began during the pandemic with equipment purchases, which allowed students to continue their studies remotely and without interruption. Now a $1 million donation will fund the creation of the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Center for Documentary Media Studies.

Five African Americans Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

Taking on new administrative roles are William Broussard at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Angela Griffinat Wilmington College in Ohio, Anthony Brooks at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, Yogananda Pittman at the University of California, Berkeley, and Kenyatta N. Shamburger at Talladega College in Alabama.

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.

Wayne State University Announces a Cluster Hire Program for 30 Scholars Focused on Black Studies

Wayne State University is launching a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for Black Studies. The initiative will support Wayne State's goal to build a more inclusive and equitable university by prioritizing faculty and research centered on the Black experience.

Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

In Memoriam: Sylvester Modupe Broderick Jr., 1941-2022

A native of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Professor Broderick came to the United States in 1959 to attend what is now Otterbein University in Ohio. He later taught at North Carolina A&T State University, the University of Wisconsin, and universities in Brazil and Africa.

Dartmouth College Commits $100 Million to Increase Diversity in STEM Fields

Dartmouth's STEM-X program will focus on student diversity in STEM programs, faculty recruitment, and research and scholarship. The program will include an undergraduate scholarship program with the goal of enhancing STEM participation by students from underrepresented groups. 

African Americans Are Making Progress in Medical School Enrollments

In 2022, there were 9,630 African Americans enrolled at U.S. medical schools. They made up 10 percent of total enrollments. In 2015, Blacks were 7.2 percent of total enrollments. Since 2015, the number of Blacks enrolled in U.S. medical schools is up by nearly 54 percent.

T. Ramon Stuart to Lead the West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Dr. Stuart most recently served as the president of Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. In 2016, he was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Valley State University in Georgia. Before joining the staff at Fort Valley State University, Dr. Stuart served on the faculty at West Virginia State Community and Technical College.

A Severe Lack of Teacher Diversity in the Nation’s K-12 Schools

A new report from the U.S. Department of Education finds that 80 percent of the nation's K-12 teachers are White, while only 45 percent of the students in these schools are White.  African Americans are 6.1 percent of all teachers in public schools but 15 percent of all students.

The American Museum of Natural History in New York Names its First Black President

The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869. In 2006, the museum established the Richard Gilder Graduate School which includes a Ph.D. granting program in comparative biology within the museum. It also offers a master's degree in teaching program. Sean Decatur, president of Kenyon College in Ohio, will begin leading the museum in April.

Oluwaranti Akiyode Named Dean of the Howard University College of Pharmacy

Dr. Akiyode has been serving as the interim dean of the College of Pharmacy since July 2022. She has taught at Howard University for 21 years and is a full professor in the department of clinical and administrative pharmacy sciences.

New Scholarship Program at Yale to Offer Financial Aid to New Students Who Attend HBCUs

The Yale and Slavery Working Group revealed details of an effort by individuals within the Yale and New Haven communities who thwarted a proposal in 1831 to establish what could have been America’s first institution of higher learning for Black students. The new Pennington Fellowship, to provide scholarships for New Haven students to attend HBCUs, is part of the reckoning process.

A Trio of Black Americans Who Have Been Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Alyn Goodson was given the added duties of chief of staff to the chancellor of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. Lauretta Hill will lead the Department of Public Safety at the University of Southern California and Deidra Harris-Lumpkins has been appointed associate vice chancellor for human resources at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Howard University to Offer Free Test Preparation Services to Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Howard University announced that through a new partnership with Kaplan Inc., it will immediately begin providing all of its undergraduate students with free test prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams and free test prep for professional licensing exams for its students enrolled at its graduate schools.
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Texas Southern University Announces Two New Dean Appointments

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At historically Black Texas Southern University, Aisha Moultry has been named interim dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Cheree Daniels has been named interim dean of the College of Transdisciplinary Studies.

Deborah Jones Named President of the MGH Institute of Health Professions

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“I am inspired by the [MGH Institute for Health Professions'] mission to educate health professionals and researchers who will drive innovation in the delivery of equitable and interprofessional care,” said Dr. Jones. “This mission aligns deeply with my own purpose, which is to bring together people, ideas, and systems for the greater good, because the greater good is stronger than any individual part.”

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