The appointments are Rolanda Horn at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Victor McCrary at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Tamara Michel Josserand at North Carolina A&T State University, and David Halbert at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.
Dr. Huddleston has led Martin University in Indianapolis for the past six years. Over the course of his career, he has gained more than three decades of higher education experience, including key leadership roles with the University of Indianapolis, Framingham State University, and Grand Valley State University.
Taking on new roles relating to diversity are Edward Antonio at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, Jennifer Hamer at Pennsylvania State University, and Jeffrey Coleman at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.
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.
After graduating in 1843, Bibb went on to become one of the first African American woman teachers on the continent. She opened several schools for Black children during a 23-year teaching career in Canada. The university will rename a residence hall in her honor.
Mary Miles Bibb graduated from the Massachusetts State Normal School in Lexington in 1843, The school later became Framingham State University. The university plans to name a residence hall in her honor.
Racial slurs were found on posters hanging in a residence hall at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. Two days later a racial slur was written in marker on the dormitory room door of two African American students.
Those appointed to new administrative positions are Yvette Gullatt, Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Sean Huddleston, Naisha Bradley, James Paine, Barry L. Wells, and Tonya R. Hines.
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