Tag: Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University to Participate in Space Vehicle Design Project
Tuskegee students and faculty will have the opportunity to work on the development of the Dream Chaser Orbital Transportation System of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems division.
In Memoriam: Alice Marie Coachman Davis, 1923-2014
Alice Coachman Davis was a standout track star at Tuskegee University in Alabama and the first African American woman to earn an Olympic gold medal. She won the national high jump championship 10 years in a row.
Tuskegee University Partners With the Army Corps of Engineers
The Army Corps of Engineers seeks to increase the diversity of its workforce and believes partnerships with minority-serving institutions is a good way to develop scientists who one day may seek employment with the Corps.
Tuskegee Flight Instructor Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp
Charles Alfred Anderson, the chief flight instructor of the aviation school of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama during World War II who died in 1996, has been honored with a U.S. postage stamp bearing his image.
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.
Brian Johnson Named the Seventh President of Tuskegee University
Dr. Johnson, 40 years old, is an administrator at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He has written two books on W.E.B. Du Bois. In June, he will become the only the seventh president in the 133-year history of Tuskegee University.
Tuskegee University Begins Yearlong Celebration of George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was born 150 years ago in 1864. In 1897 he began a 47-year career at what is now Tuskegee University. He developed alternative crops for southern cotton fields and products that could be made from those crops.
David McKenzie Will Lead the New Veterinary Hospital at Tuskegee University
Dr. McKenzie, a native of Jamaica, is an associate professor of large animal medicine and surgery at the university's veterinary school. The new hospital is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tuskegee University President Resigns
Gilbert L. Rochon, president of Tuskegee University in Alabama, announced that he was resigning from his post immediately. Dr. Rochon was only the sixth president of the university that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881.
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.
Change in the Provost’s Office at Tuskegee University
Luther S. Williams has retired as executive vice president and provost at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Walter A. Hill was promoted to provost.
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.
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.
In Memoriam: Albert Lee Murray, 1916-2013
Albert Murray, the African American novelist, educator, and essayist, has died at his home in Harlem. He was 97 years old.
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.
Tuskegee University Marks the 100th Anniversary of Its Campus Hospital
Speaking at the ceremonies were relatives of Louis Rabb, the first administrator of the hospital, and John A. Kenney who came to Tuskegee in 1902 and served as the personal physician to Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver.
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.
Tuskegee University Receives the Archives of a Civil Rights Icon
Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson has donated her personal memorabilia collection to Tuskegee University. Robinson was among the marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 1965.
In Memoriam: Thelma Plane Payton, 1932-2013
Thelma Payton served for 28 years as the First Lady of Tuskegee University. But she also had a 30-year career as a professional in the fields of psychiatric social work, family practice, and social work education.
In Memoriam: Stephen A. Martin Sr., 1946-2013
He is the former vice president for finance and chief business officer at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He taught at Dillard University in New Orleans and served in the administration at Delgado Community College in New Orleans and Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.
Educators From Senegal Visiting the Campus of Tuskegee University
The Senegalese educators, representing the University of Dakar, the University of St. Louis, and the University of Ziguinchor learned how Tuskegee University forms partnerships with local industry and agriculture concerns.
Tuskegee University Building a New Veterinary Teaching Hospital
The new hospital facility, expected to be completed by the end of 2015 at a cost of $41 million, will allow the veterinary school to enroll more students and also to provide more veterinary services to the surrounding community.
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.
Tuskegee University Faculty Member Wins UNCF/Mellon Faculty Residency Fellowship
Dr. Eleanor Blount will spend the fall semester studying the Alice Walker papers at Emory University. She is conducting research on the effects of racism and sexism on African American women writers.
The Black Man Who Taught at Auburn University in 1947
African American artist Isaac Scott Hathaway taught a workshop at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, in the summer of 1947. This was 16 years before the racial integration of the university.
Two Black Women in New Higher Education Administrative Posts
Tracy Boleware was named director of communications, public relations, and marketing at Tuskegee University in Alabama and Anita Walton of North Carolina Central University is the new chair of District III of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Alabama HBCUs Team Up in Healthcare Alliance
The alliance is being organized by Louis Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and president emeritus of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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.
Seven African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The new appointees are Albert Tezeno at Southern University, Jennifer Taylor at the American Institute of Architecture Students, Deborah Hayes at the University of Delaware, Michelle Thompson-Taylor at the University of Rochester, Renee MIddleton at Ohio University, Amilcar Shabazz at the University of Massachusetts, and K. Matthew Dames at Syracuse University.
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.
Walter A. Hill Named Dean of the College of Agriculture at Tuskegee University
He was director of the George Washington Carver Agricultural Experiment Station and the 1890 Research and Extension programs at the university.
Luther S. Williams Earns Major Promotion at Tuskegee University
The university's provost for the past two years, he will continue in that post but, as the new executive vice president, will also take on administrative oversight over enrollment and retention programs, budget and fiscal affairs, the university's physical plant, and development efforts.
