Only One African American in the 40-Member Class of 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholars
Marie Rose Katia Mehu is an appellate level prosecutor for the state of Arizona. This fall she will study international law at Cambridge University in England.
An Historic Find in a Chicago Attic: The Papers of Harvard’s First Black Graduate
The papers of Richard T. Greener, including his Harvard University diploma, were discovered in an old trunk in a house that was about to be razed.
The First Black President of Frederick Community College
Since 2005, Frederico Talley has served as vice president and dean of the Leonardtown campus of the College of Southern Maryland.
The Next President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Currently, Juliette B. Bell is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. She will assume her new post on July 1.
President of South Carolina State University Announces His Resignation
George W. Cooper will leave his post at the end of March. The campus has been embroiled in controversy for the past several weeks after Dr. Cooper fired eight administrators.
The New Leader of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University
For 27 years, Howard Dodson was the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.
Cirecie West-Olatunji Elected President of the American Counseling Association
The associate professor of counseling education at the University of Florida, will serve one year as president elect before assuming the leadership post in July 2013.
President Julianne Malveaux Announces She Is Leaving Bennett College in May
An economist, author, and educator, she has led Bennett College since 2007.
Good News on Educational Attainments
One in five adult African Americans over the age of 25 are now college educated. There has been tremendous progress, but a significant racial gap remains.
Supreme Court to Revisit Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Most observers believe the Court deciding this case is more conservative than the one that narrowly approved limited race-sensitive admissions in 2003.
Hazel O’Leary to Retire From Presidency of Fisk University
She was the first woman and first African American to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Two African American Professors Receive the National Medal of Arts
Rita Dove of the University of Virginia and Andre Watts of Indiana University were recognized at a White House ceremony.
Cornell University Outlines a New Agenda on Diversity
President David Skorton is mounting a concerted effort to increase diversity among students, staff, and faculty and to create better opportunities for veterans and the disabled.
Babatunde Ogunnaike Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
It appears that the University of Delaware professor is the only Black scholar among the 66 newly elected members.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Named Scholar-in-Residence at Alcorn State University
The civil rights icon will teach, prepared her papers for the university's archives, and develop a research center on social justice and civic engagement.
The New Dean of the Florida A&M University and Florida State University College of...
Yaw D. Yeboah is currently a professor of engineering at Penn State. From 1975 to 1979, he earned four degrees in four years at MIT.
Robert Franklin Stepping Down as President of Morehouse College
He will take a sabbatical leave from Morehouse and return as a Distinguished Professor and President Emeritus.
Naomi Long Madgett Named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist
The noted poet is professor emerita at Eastern Michigan University.
Tidewater Community College Names Two African American Provosts
Michelle Woodhouse and Marvin Bright will lead the Portsmouth and Norfolk campuses of the 46,000-student community college.
Bethune-Cookman President Announces Her Retirement
Trudie Kibbe Reed has served as president of the historically Black university since 2004.
Millersville University President Announces Intention to Step Down
Francine C. McNairy, who has held the post since 2003, will leave her post a year from now.
Shenandoah University Selects a New Dean of Its Business School
Miles K. Davis is an associate professor of management at the university and the founding director of the business school's Institute for Entrepreneurship.
Two Black Women Are Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the Law School...
Marcella David and Beverly Moran will visit the Columbia, Missouri, campus next month for interviews and public forums.
Wynetta Lee Is the New Dean of the School of Education at North Carolina...
She was the dean of the College of Education at Grambling State University in Louisiana.
Cambridge College Appoints a New Provost
Elwood L. Robinson has served as a professor of psychology and dean at North Carolina Central University.
A Surge of Black Applicants at the University of California
The 5,692 Black applicants represent a 17.5 percent increase from a year ago.
Deneese Jones Named Provost at Drake University
Since 2005 she has been dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Longwood University in Virginia.
Georgia Professor to Lead the American Meteorological Society
Marshall Shepherd, professor of geography at the University of Georgia, will be the second African American to hold the position.
Langston University Names Four Finalists for President
Either Phillip Birdine, Myron Pope, Kent Smith, or Charles Williams will be Langston's next president.
New Pan African University Launched
The effort is being coordinated by the African Union.
Gwendolyn Joseph to Lead Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology
Since 2006, she has been vice president for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
Linda Darling-Hammond Wins Grawemeyer Award in Education
The Stanford University professor is honored for her book on equity in education.
Florida A&M University President Retains Support of the Board of Trustees
The Florida A&M University board of trustees decided not to suspend President Ammons as a result of the hazing death of band member Robert Champion Jr.
New Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
H. Dele Davies is currently a professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Andrea Lewis Miller Chosen as the Next President of Baton Rouge Community College
Since 2006, Dr. Miller has been serving as chancellor of Sowela Technical Community College in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Number of Blacks Earning Doctorates Declined in 2010
Some, but not all, of the decline is due to a reclassification of 77 doctoral programs in education.
