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New President at Tennessee State Starts Job by Making a $50,000 Contribution to the University

Hoping to lead by example, new Tennessee State president Glenda Baskin Glover challenged all alumni chapters to match her contribution to financially support the university.

UCLA Adds Two Jazz Greats to Its Faculty

The Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California at Los Angeles has announced that jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter have joined the faculty of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.

Jackson State Professor Is Among the Inaugural Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Ernest B. Izevbigie, professor of biology at Jackson State University in Mississippi, holds a patent for a formula used as a dietary supplement to boost the immune system and lessen the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer patients.

Federico Talley Ousted as President of Frederick Community College

Dr. Talley assumed the presidency of the community college just six months ago. He was the first African American to hold the post.

Carolyn Hull Anderson Is the New Leader of Baltimore City Community College

Dr. Anderson was serving as an associate professor at Morgan State University but was on the faculty at Baltimore City Community College for nearly 30 years.

Sylvester James Gates to Be Awarded the National Medal of Science

He is the John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland in College Park. He has taught at the University of Maryland since 1984.

David Wilson Is Not Done Yet at Morgan State University

In early December, the board of regents of Morgan State University voted not to renew the contract of David Wilson who has served as president of the university since 2010. After protests from students, faculty, and alumni the board has had a change of heart.

Emilie Townes Named Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School

Dr. Townes currently serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Religion and Theology at Yale Divinity School. She also is the associate dean of academic affairs. She will assume her new post in July.

Rachel Petty Now Leads the University of the District of Columbia

Dr. Petty, a professor of psychology and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as interim chief operating officer until an interim president is named sometime in January.

Harvard Student From Zimbabwe Named an International Rhodes Scholar

Dalumuzi Mhlanga, a senior at Harvard University, was named a Rhodes Scholar as part of the international contingent of Rhodes Scholars. He is a native of Zimbabwe.

Law Professor to Lead the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

At the start of the new year Sherrilyn Ifill, professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland, will become president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Thomas Coley to Oversee More Campuses of Ivy Tech Community College

Thomas G. Coley, chancellor of the North Central region of Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana, was given additional responsibilities as interim chancellor of the college's Northwest region.

University of the District of Columbia Dismisses Its President

Dr. Allen Sessoms has led the University of the District of Columbia since September 2008. Previously, he was president of Delaware State University and before that he was president of Queens College, part of the City University of New York system.

Balitmore City Community College “Separates” President Carolane Williams From the College

Baltimore City Community College enrolls about 7,000 students in degree programs and three quarters of the students are African Americans. Dr. Williams has served as president for the past six years.

David Wilson Shown the Door at Morgan State University

David Wilson, who has been president of Morgan State for only three years, was informed his contract would not be renewed. The board of regents appointed a member to serve as head of the transition team and announced that it would begin a search for a new president immediately.

A Decline in Doctoral Degree Awards for African Americans

The number of African Americans earning doctorates has declined in each of the past two years, after reaching an all-time high in 2009. Over the last decade, the percentage of all doctoral degree awards that were earned by Blacks has stagnated at close to 6 percent.

Patricia King Stepping Down From the Harvard Corporation

The Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy at the Georgetown University Law Center has served on the principal fiduciary governing authority of Harvard University for the past seven years.

Fisk University Names Its 15th President

H. James Williams is dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He will assume his new post on February 1, 2013.

Russlyn Ali Steps Down From Civil Rights Post at the Department of Education

During her tenure, the Office for Civil Rights focused more on complaints of discrimination than had been the case in the Bush administration. Her office also issued new guidance for how colleges and universities should respond to incidents of sexual assault.

African American Student at Auburn University Named a Mitchell Scholar

Marian Royston is a native of Roanoke, Alabama, and a senior at Auburn University where she is majoring in history. She is the only African American among this year's class of 12 Mitchell Scholars who will study in Ireland beginning in September 2013.
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