Milestones

Historically Black Central State University in Ohio Names a New President

Cynthia Jackson-Hammond is the former provost and vice president of academic affairs at Coppin State University in Baltimore.

Paula McClain to Be the First African American Dean of a School at Duke University

A professor of political science, Dr. McClain has served on the Duke University faculty since 2000.

A Milestone Appointment in Mathematics at Howard University

This fall Talitha Washington will become the second Black woman to hold a tenured position as an associate professor of mathematics at Howard University.

African American Musician Is the 200,000th Graduate of the University of Central Florida

Wendell Raulerson III received a bachelor's degree in music and is one of the first students to graduate in the university's jazz studies program.

University of Hartford Grad Looks to Be First Black GOP Congresswoman

The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she converted to Mormonism, moved to Utah and was elected mayor of the town of Saratoga Springs.

The First Black Commander of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets

For the university's first 88 years, Black students were not allowed to enroll. Now a Black student will lead the university's 2,200-member Corps of Cadets.

The First Black Woman Student Body President at Ole Miss

Kimberly Dandridge is a rising senior majoring in journalism with a minor in sociology. She hopes to enroll in law school.

Purdue University Trustee Named CEO of McDonalds

When Don Thompson takes office in July, he will be the first African American CEO of the world's largest restaurant chain.

African American Academic Phenom to Speak at Voorhees College Convocation

Ty Hobson-Powell is the youngest person to graduate from the University of Baltimore. Now in law school, he plans to go to medical school.

The First Black Woman to Chair the Southern Scholarship Foundation

Dhyana Ziegler is a professor of journalism at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

Historically Black Sorority Establishes Chapter at Washington and Lee University

Two of the first 12 members of the chapter at the university are White.

The Higher Education of the New Mayor of Gary, Indiana

Karen Freeman-Wilson is Indiana's first African American woman mayor.

Tufts University Graduate Named Deputy Public Printer at the Government Printing Office

She is the first woman in the 150-year history of the agency to hold the position.

African-American Scholar Is Elected President of the Biomedical Engineering Society

Gilda Barabino is the first African American to serve as president of the society.

Texas Woman’s University Celebrates a Half-Century of Racial Integration

In September 1961 Alsenia Dowells became the first African-American student. Six more black students enrolled in 1962.

University of Tennessee Celebrates 50 Years of Racial Integration

More than 900 people attended the "Grand Gala."

The New Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Marie Chisholm-Burns will assume her new role at the beginning of 2012.

The First Woman Board Chair in the 115-Year History of Historically Black Voorhees College

Mary Ellen Moule was elected chair of the board of trustees of historically black Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. She is the first woman to hold the position in the college’s 115-year history.

New Law School Scholarship Honors the First Black Federal Judge in Arkansas

The William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has established a new scholarship program to honor George Howard Jr., the first African-American federal judge in Arkansas.

New Scholarly Journal on the Black Male Experience

Spectrum: The Journal on Black Men will be published twice a year, beginning in March.
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