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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.
Jackson State University Takes Over the Editing of a National Student Affairs Journal
Scholars in the executive Ph.D. program in urban higher education at Jackson State University in Mississippi have just published their first issue of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal.
Three Universities Name African Americans to Administrative Posts
Tonia Walker was named athletics director at Winston-Salem State University. Nedra Brown at Jackson State University and Michael Marion at Drexel University Sacramento will also be taking on new roles.
Six African Americans Receive Major Appointments in Higher Education
Those taking on new roles are Byron Hughes at Virginia Tech, Nicole Evans at Jackson State, Nicole Pride at North Carolina A&T, Kellen Winslow at Florida A&M, Karen Ely Sanders at Virginia Tech, and Valerie Taylor of Texas A&M.
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.
Jackson State University To Add Four Degree Programs
Included in the new programs are two doctoral degrees in engineering, a bachelor's degree in statistics, and the state's only bachelor's degree program in biomedical engineering.
A Bad Week for Grambling State University
The football team boycotted practice and refused to travel to a game in Jackson, Mississippi, to protest conditions in its practice facility and other grievances with the Grambling administration.
Honors for Two Black Educators in Mississippi
Mary L. Vaughn of Mississippi State is being honored by the National College Testing Association and Paul Tchounwou of Jackson State will be presented with an award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Howard O. Gibson Named to Student Affairs Post
Howard O. Gibson is the new associate vice president for student affairs, enrollment management, and diversity at Mississippi Valley State University. He was the executive assistant to the chancellor at Baton Rouge Community College in Louisiana.
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.
Record Enrollments in Mississippi
Both the University of Mississippi and historically Black Jackson State University have record numbers of students on campus this fall. Blacks make up more than 15 percent of the students at Ole Miss.
Two Mississippi HBCUs Using Local Hotels to Ease Housing Shortage
Mississippi Valley State University has leased spaced in two local hotels for the fall semester and Jackson State University has leased an entire 120-room hotel for the next nine months at a cost in excess of $800,000.
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.
Jackson State University’s Edmund Merem Named Academic Editor of a Prestigious Journal
Edmund C. Merem, a professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program in the School of Public Policy and Planning at Jackson State University in Mississippi, was named academic editor of the Journal of Advances in Research.
Jackson State University Is Now a Wireless Campus
In the past there were wireless hotspots throughout campus buildings but the university wanted students to have access to the Internet wherever they were on campus, including outdoors areas, athletics fields, and stadiums.
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.
This Week’s Roundup of New Appointments of Blacks in Higher Education
The appointees are Paul Tchounwou at Jackson State University, Alonda Thomas at Florida A&M University, Aaron James at Grambling State University, Elbert Malone at South Carolina State University and Gerald Hunter at Norfolk State University.
Eight African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Yvette Underfue Murph, Roger Sidje, Tysus D. Jackson, Keisha Williams, Lee H. Melvin, Wilbur L. Walters Jr., Curtis Campbell, and Victor K. Wilson.
Ricardo Brown Named to a Dean Position at Jackson State University
Brown has been serving as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Maryland system. Earlier in his career, he held faculty positions at Howard University, Morgan State University, and Wayne State University.
Historic Marker Placed at the Site of 1963 Sit-In by Tougaloo College Students
Fifty years ago, students from historically Black Tougaloo College staged a sit-in at a lunchcounter in a Woolworth’s store in Jackson, Mississippi. The students were beaten by a White mob. Now a historic marker has been placed at the site of the old Woolworth's store.
Jackson State University Students to Study Hydrology in Wyoming
The Jackson State students will live on the University of Wyoming campus and do field work in geophysics and water analysis in the Laramie and Snowy mountain ranges. Next year, University of Wyoming students will travel to Mississippi to study organic soil and deciduous forests.
Jackson State University Names Center for Late State Senator
Alice Varnado Harden, a graduate of Jackson State University, was the first Black woman to serve in the Mississippi State Senate. She served for 24 years in the state legislature.
Otha Burton Jr. to Lead the New Institute of Government at Jackson State University
The former chief administrative officer for the city of Jackson, Dr. Burton joined the faculty at Jackson State in 2006 as an associate professor and associate dean in the university's School of Policy and Planning.
Jackson State University Proposes to Build a 50,000-Seat Domed Stadium
"We don’t see it as a stadium just for Jackson State University,” said David Hoard, vice president for institutional advancement at Jackson State University. “We see it as an investment for the city and the region."
Jackson State University President a Victim of Cyberstalking
A 20-year-old man, who is not a student at the university, was charged with making threats against Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers on Facebook.
Jackson State University to Produce an e-Book on Medgar Evers and Margaret Walker
The university, in conjunction with the University Press of Mississippi, is producing an electronic book on the friendship of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and author Margaret Walker Alexander. They were family friends and they lived a block from each other.
Two Women Named Department Chairs at Jackson State University
Tamika Bradley leads the department of health, physical education, and recreation and Ruby Wiggins was appointed chair of the department of special education.
Jackson State University Set to Open New Satellite Campus This Summer
The city of Madison, approximately 15 miles north of Jackson, is predominantly White. The university hopes that the location will help it obtain a threshold where more than 10 percent of its student body is non-Black so it can gain control of a $70 million endowment from the state.
Jackson State University Offers Tuition Break to Youth From Foster Care
Foster care youth from outside the state of Mississippi can now enroll at the university and pay substantially lower in-state tuition. In-state tuition for certain population groups outside of Mississippi was made possible by a new state law enacted last year.
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.
Dowell Taylor Named Director of Bands at Jackson State University
He has served in the post on an interim basis since April 2012. While a student at Jackson State in the 1970s, he was a member of the Sonic Boom of the South marching band.
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.
Tennessee State University Chooses Its Next President
Glenda Baskin Glover is currently dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She has been at Jackson State since 1994. Previously, she was chair of the department of accounting at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Two HBCUs Unveil New Websites
Jackson State University in Mississippi has a new logo and a redesigned website is on the way. The University of the District of Columbia has redesigned its site to focus on recruiting new students.
African American Faculty News
Birgitta Johnson joins the faculty at the University of South Carolina and Cynthia Nance of the University of Arkansas and Jessica Buck of Jackson State University are elected to prestigious positions.
James Hefner Returns to Take a New Role in Higher Education
Dr. Hefner, who retired in 2005, is the former president of both Tennessee State University and Jackson State University. He will now serve as interim provost at Clark Atlanta University.
