Tag: Virginia Tech
Two African American Educators Announce Their Retirements
Hudlin Wagner vice president for student development and dean of students at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota is stepping down at the end of the academic year. Carl Prather was named professor emeritus of mathematics at Virginia Tech.
Seven African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The new African American administrative appointees are Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde, Travis D. Boyce, Anthony Scott, Nevada Winrow, Angel Mason, Joyce Wilkerson, and Yakima S. Rhinehart.
The New Director of Ohio State’s Center for Higher Education Enterprise
Terrell L. Strayhorn is professor of higher education in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University. Earlier this year he was promoted to full professor, the youngest at Ohio State.
Virginia Tech Revamps Its Organizational Structure on Campus Diversity
The university, where only 3 percent of the undergraduate student body is Black, has established a new President's Inclusion and Diversity Executive Council that will oversee all of the university's diversity efforts.
This Week’s Appointments of African Americans to Key Posts in Higher Education Administration
Taking on new administrative roles are Venessa Funches, Nancy L. Jones, Michael A. Ellington, Michael Williams, Kenyatta Tatum Futterman, Zella Palmer, Loretta A. Moore, Angela Simmons, and Marquetta Faulkner.
Ten African Americans in New University Administrative Positions
Taking on new administrative duties are Rosetta Clay, F.J. Talley, Kevin Cokley, James Earl Orr Jr., E. Nathan Thomas III, Mark D. Henderson, Jimmy Miller, Katrina Oliver, Stephanie Sanders, and Shawn Felton.
Three Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles
Avril Holt at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and Nigel Westmaas at Hamilton College in New York were granted tenure. Anthony Kwame Harrison was appointed to an endowed chair at Virginia Tech.
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.
African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Jacqueline Faulkner is a new vice chancellor at Arkansas State University-Newport. Lori Baker-Lloyd joins the staff at Virginia Tech and Brian Jordan will lead the police department at Howard University.
Four African Americans Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
African American academics appointed to new positions are Myron Hughes at the University of Cincinnati, Keith Pierce at Virginia Tech, Shea Kidd Houze at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Talitha Washington of Howard University.
Five African Americans in New Administrative Posts at U.S. Universities
The appointees are Patricia A. Johnson at Lehigh University, Crystal Crockett at Virginia Tech, Ryann Randall at Ohio State, Joseph Taylor at Virginia Union University, and Andre Warner at The Lincoln University.
Three Black Scholars in New Teaching Roles
Nneka Logan is a new assistant professor of communication at Virginia Tech. Tamika La Salle has joined the education faculty at the University of Connecticut and Courtney Simons is teaching food science at Wright State University.
Virginia Tech’s Bevlee Watford Spending Two Years at the National Science Foundation
The associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, will be the program manager for broadening participation in the engineering education and centers division of the NSF.
Two Black Women in New Teaching Roles
L. Ebony Boulware was appointed chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke University. Kemba Clapp is a new assistant professor of radiology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
Virginia Tech Appoints Two African Americans to Student Affairs Positions
Sharrika Davis was appointed interim director of multicultural programs and services and Byron Hughes was named interim director of fraternity and sorority life at the university.
Bevlee Watford Is a Finalist for Vice Provost of Undergraduate Student Affairs at Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg has announced three finalists for the position of vice provost for undergraduate student affairs. One of the three candidates, Bevlee Watford, is an African American.
Three Black Scholars Named to New Teaching Positions
Carlyle Brewster was promoted to full professor of entomology at Virginia Tech. Allan Boesak was named to a joint professorship at Butler University and the Christian Theological Seminary and Keith N. Hylton of Boston University Law School was named a Distinguished Professor at the university.
In Memoriam: Hayward Farrar Jr., 1950-2013
He was the Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies and associate professor of history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He had served on the Virginia Tech faculty since 1992.
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.
Daniel Wubah Selected as the Next Provost at Washington and Lee University
Dr. Wubah is currently professor of biological sciences, vice president for undergraduate education, and deputy provost at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.
Three African Americans in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Deloris Pettis is a new vice president at Northeastern University in Boston. Rodney Irvin was named director of employee relations at Virginia Tech and Samuel Sullivan was appointed interim provost at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia.
Study Finds No Racial Bias in Research Grants by the National Institutes of Health
A 2011 paper hinted that Black scholars faced racial bias in grant approvals from the National Institutes of Health. But a new study finds that when the total dollar value of the grants and the total number of programs funded are compared, there is no evidence of racial bias.
Three African Americans With New Appointments in Higher Education
Rodney Irvin was promoted at Virginia Tech, Cheryl Thomas was named a vice president at Lincoln University, and LaTonia Karr was appointed to board of trustees at Stanford University.
William N. Pruitt III Promoted at Virginia Tech
William Nelson Pruitt III was appointed assistant director of the Education Abroad program. He is the former assistant director of international affairs for Shanghai Finance University and currently is enrolled in the doctoral program in higher education administration at Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech Professor Honored by the National Council for Social Studies
Josiah Tlou, a native of Zimbabwe who is a professor emeritus of education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, was named Distinguished Global Scholar of the Year.
A Quartet of African Americans in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Kathey Porter at Virginia Tech, Aleczander Whitfield at Johnson C. Smith University, Karen Weddle-West at the University of Memphis, and Halima Leak at Paul Quinn College.
Six African Americans Taking on New Roles in Higher Education Administration
Stephen McDaniel, Remica Bingham-Risher, Blane Harding, Loretta Moore, A. Benjamin Spencer, and Latanya Walker are the appointees.
Notable Appointments of African Americans to Higher Education Posts
Here is this week's roundup of key appointments of African Americans at colleges and universities across the United States.
Seven African Americans Appointed to New Posts in Higher Education
Harriet Davis, Pamela White, Shawn McShay, Kawachi Clemons, Will Sutton, James Spencer, and Emily London-Jones will be taking on new duties.
New Chief Diversity Officer at Buffalo State
Karen A. Clinton Jones was the executive director for equity and access at Virginia Tech.
Hayward Farrar Jr. Appointed to Named Chair at Virginia Tech
A member of the faculty at Virginia Tech since 1992, he has been serving as an associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts.
Five African Americans Appointed to New Posts in Academia
Michael Leo Owens, Karissa A. Moore, Terrance J. Tumey, Maurice Cox, and Kennard Brown are taking on new duties.
Eight African Americans With New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The new appointees are Fran Scarlett, Sheneka Williams, Kimberly Andrews, Gwendolyn Caples, Patricia Brewer Hairston, Courtney Davenport, Dwayne White, and Tammy Brooks.
Robin Holmes Identified as One of Three Candidates for Key Post at Virginia Tech
She currently is vice president for student affairs and interim vice president for institutional equity and diversity at the University of Oregon.
Nathaniel Bishop Named to Lead the Virginia Tech Medical School’s Interprofessionalism Program
He is an assistant professor at the medical school and also serves as president of the Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke.
Two African American Women Slated to Receive Prestigious Awards
Bevlee Watford of Virginia Tech and Jacqueline Jones-Triche of Tuskegee University will be honored.
