Claflin University Appoints Its First Provost
Karl S. wright in the first provost in the 143-year history of Claflin University, an HBCU in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Bobby Watson to Direct New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Jazz Studies at UMKC
The Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri at Kansas City will offer the first degree program in jazz in the state university system.
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...
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...
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.
Record Number of Black Freshmen at the University of Georgia
There are 5,500 freshman students this year, an increase of 10 percent from a year ago.
University of Utah to Offer Degree Program in Ethnic Studies
The Utah State Board of Regents has approved the establishment of a degree program in ethnic studies at the University of Utah.
The Higher Education of the Nation’s Newest Black Judge
Wilma Lewis was recently confirmed as judge for the U.S. District Court in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. She is the first woman to serve as a federal district judge for the Virgin Islands.
The First African-American President of Kansas City, Kansas Community College
This week Doris F. Givens began her new duties as the fifth president of the Kansas City, Kansas Community College. She is the first woman and the first African American to lead the college.
