Tag: George Washington University
Miles K. Davis Will Be the First African American President of Linfield College in Oregon
Currently, Dr. Davis is dean of the Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He joined the faculty there is 2001 and was named dean of the business school in 2012. He will become president of Linfield College on July 1.
In Memoriam: Darnell Johnson, 1951-2017
Dr. Johnson taught in the public school system in Portsmouth, Virginia, for 30 years. He then served as assistant dean of education at Hampton University in Virginia, and later as an endowed professor and chair of the mathematics department at Elizabeth City State University.
New Administrative Duties for Seven African Americans in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Ira Kincade Blake Selected as the Next President of the University of Houston-Clear Lake
Since 2009, Dr. Blake has been serving as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. When she takes office on August 1, she will become the first woman to serve as president of the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
In Memoriam: Debra Saunders-White, 1957-2016
Debra Saunders-White, the 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University in Durham, died on November 26. Dr. Saunders-White was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015 and took a medical leave of absence in August 2016.
Four African American Women Named to New Administrative Posts at Major Universities
Taking on new positions are Sheree M. Marlowe at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, Linda McCabe Smith at North Carolina State University, Caroline Laguerre-Brown at George Washington University, and Monica Terrell Leach at North Carolina Central University.
Monica Monroe Named Dean of Students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Monroe has been serving as a lecturer in law and as associate dean of students at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. She has taught at the law school since 2004.
Two African American Men Named to New Faculty Positions
David Murungi is a new assistant professor of information and process management at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Thomas A. LaVeist was named professor and chair of the department of health, policy, and management at George Washington University.
New Support Group for Black Psychiatry Residents at Yale Medical School
Members of the psychiatry residency program at the Yale University School of Medicine have formed the Yale Solomon Carter Fuller Association in honor of the nation's first Black psychiatrist.
Five African Americans in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Jewel Washington at the University of Maryland, Aristide Collins Jr. at George Washington University, Mikah K. Thompson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Taniecea Arceneaux Mallery at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and Sidney H. Evans Jr. at Morgan State University.
The Next Dean of the George Washington University School of Law
For the past seven years, Professor Blake D. Morant has been dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Also, he is the president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools.
Howard University’s College of Medicine Names New Head of Pediatrics
Joseph L. Wright currently is professor and vice chair of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He will begin his new assignment in June.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Ben Vinson III Is the New Dean of Columbian College at George Washington University
Dr. Vinson was the vice dean for centers, interdepartmental programs, and graduate programs of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also served as the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins.
The Higher Education of the Army’s First African American Two-Star General
Nadja Y. West was recently promoted to Major General of the U.S. Army. She is the first African American woman on active duty to receive a second star.
Vice Admiral Mel Williams Jr. Named Senior Associate Dean at George Washington University
Williams is a retired vice admiral of the U.S. Navy where he was a nuclear submarine commander. The former associate deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Emergy will oversee military and veterans initiatives at George Washington University in the nation's capital.
Black Scholar to Lead Largest School at George Washington University
Ben Vinson III currently serves as vice dean for centers, interdepartmental programs, and graduate programs and as the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Two African American Scholars Assume New Teaching Posts
Lisa Bowleg is a new associate professor of psychology at George Washington University and William Jelani Cobb has joined the history department faculty at the University of Connecticut as an associate professor.
The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on the Graduate School Enrollments of Minorities
A study published by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, finds that in states that have banned the consideration of race in graduate school admissions, enrollments of minority students are down 12 percent overall.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
