Tag: University of Georgia
Notable Appointments of African Americans in Higher Education
Here is news of appointments of seven African Americans to new posts.
University of Georgia Receives Collection of African American Art
The donation by Larry and Brenda Thompson also includes funds for a curator of the university's African American art collections.
Georgia Professor to Lead the American Meteorological Society
Marshall Shepherd, professor of geography at the University of Georgia, will be the second African American to hold the position.
Study Finds Mentoring Not as Beneficial to Black Men as It Is for Whites
Education and training are better predictors of career success.
Honors and Awards
A summary of this week’s significant awards bestowed on Blacks in higher education.
The New Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia
Dr. Toni Miles was a professor at the University of Louisville.
New Partnership to Continue Book Series on Race in the Transatlantic World
A new partnership has been formed between the University of Georgia Press and the Library Company of Philadelphia to promote Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900, a book series on racial aspects of transatlantic history.
Grants and Gifts Relating to African Americans in Higher Education
This week's news of important grants to HBCUs or to programs on concern to African Americans.
Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations
• Amber Hunter was named director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She is the first African-American to hold the position...
Record Number of Black Freshmen at the University of Georgia
There are 5,500 freshman students this year, an increase of 10 percent from a year ago.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Cynthia Tucker Now Teaching at the University of Georgia
Tucker is leaving the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to serve as a visiting professor at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
