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.
Alongside Arkansas State University-Jonesboro and Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is participating in a statewide initiative to expand postsecondary opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Students at Little Rock Southwest High School now have the opportunity to learn about hydroponics plant systems and other technology-driven agriculture fields through a new partnership with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
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.
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.
“This collaboration connects classroom learning with hands-on technology evaluation in the Cornell Agriculture System Testbed and Demonstration Site's farm environments,” said Dr. Shahidul Islam, a professor at historically Black University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. “Together, UAPB and Cornell are building pathways for students and producers to engage with cutting-edge agricultural research.”
Dr. Griggs spent three decades on the faculty of the University of Illinois, where she was the first African American to be promoted through the ranks to full professor and the first woman to serve as dean of a college.
“Leadership is not about individual accomplishments – it is about empowering others to be successful,” said Dr. Harris. “That is why it is critical that we continue to make a positive impact and work collaboratively.”
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.
Trina Fletcher and Maurice Mangum are taking on associate dean positions at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Bloomfield College, respectively. Courtney Patterson-Faye has received a promotion at Wesleyan University.
"Leading UAPB is more than a role - it is a calling - as the university has a proud legacy of producing transformative servant leaders. I look forward to elevating the UAPB brand, which is synonymous with excellence," said Dr. Graham.
Tanya Walker at the University of Arkansa at Pine Bluff, Nicole Hall at the University of Virginia, Kimberly Moffitt at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Charles Smith at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia, have been appointed to dean positions.
The appointments are Eddie Branch at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Jamila Kareem at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Derek Griffith at the University of Pennsylvania, Dereck Barr-Pulliam at the University of Louisville, and Don Simmons at Simmons University.
The grant awardees are Hampton University in Virginia, Tuskegee University in Alabama, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. The new funding will support the HBCUs in establishing research partnerships with other institutions and expanding their research capabilities.
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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@jbhe.com.
"This institution holds a rich legacy of academic excellence and community impact, and I am committed to advancing its mission during this transitional period," said Dr. Andrea Stewart upon her appointment as interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Shantay R. Grays was named provost at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. Andrea Stewart has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Toneyce Randolph is the new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morris Brown College in Atlanta.
Darrell Hudson, an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, will become director of the university's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity. Brenda Jacobs was appointed interim chair of the nursing department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Julia Steed will become the academic director of the family nurse practitioner program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has announced that it will be offering its first engineering degree program this coming fall. The university will be just the 16th HBCUs to offer an engineering degree program.