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African American Author Who Teaches at Berea College in Kentucky Wins Two Book Awards

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Crystal Wilkinson, the Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at Berea College in Kentucky, has won the 2016 Weatherford Award for Fiction from the Appalachian Studies Association and the 2017 Judy Gaines Young Book Award from Transylvania University.

Crystal Wilkinson Wins the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

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Crystal Wilkinson, the Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at Berea College in Kentucky, has won the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence presented by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. The award recognizes outstanding work by an African American fiction writer.

Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans

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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.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones Announces His Resignation

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Nine years ago, Dr. Jones was named the first African American chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He will retire at the end of the current academic year, following a decade of enrollment growth, academic improvements, and successful fundraising.

Debra Haggins Appointed Inaugural Dean of the Hampton University School of Religion

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Dr. Haggins is the first woman to serve as university chaplain at Hampton University. She will now serve as the inaugural dean of the recently established School of Religion.

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