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In May 2023, interim president Dr. Kimberly Ballard-Washington stepped down citing personal issues, following a controversial campus reorganization that eliminated several major programs including English, history, environmental science, and Africana studies.

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Vassar College President Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bradley has been awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School’s highest alumni honor. Bradley was commended for her scholarly work in public health and her commitment to the health and well-being of local and global communities.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How Community College Alumni View the Value of Higher Ed Sara Weissman Wed, 09/06/2023 - 03:00 AM Report finds fewer than half of community college alumni believe their degree helped advance their career. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Historically, HBCU students and alumni have played a pivotal role in securing the civil rights of not only Black people, but of all marginalized Americans. It is clear that the 2023 U.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. During her inaugural address to JCSU, Kinloch announced her newest initiative, Presidential Alumni Ambassadors. “I

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MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher “The school has an amazing community of scholars and learners and is supported by many talented staff and alumni,” she continued. She was recently selected as an American Educational Research Association Fellow and named a 2023 American College Personnel Association Senior Scholar Diplomate. Dr. Eboni M.

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JUNE 7, 2023

This comes after the Tougaloo Alumni Coalition – not directly associated with the Tougaloo Alumni Association – started a petition to remove Walters earlier this year, citing concerns such as declining student enrollment, loss of faculty and staff, vacant key positions, and questionable fiscal issues. Dr. Carmen J.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Positive Potential Minnesota also has the American Indian Scholars Program, which was established in the 2023 legislative session. Gusbeth notes that a Gallup Tribal College Alumni Survey statistic shows that 76% of Native American students desire to work for their communities.

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JUNE 16, 2024

Florida’s Senate Bill 266 took effect on July 1, 2023, prohibiting specified educational institutions from expending funds for certain purposes. During the 2023 legislative session in Texas, more than 160 anti-LGBT bills were filed, seven of which passed. Some institutions even started shutdowns at the start of the academic year. “We

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But surprisingly, amid broad skepticism of institutions in general, alumni are staying true to their schools. Call them Alumni for Life. The results helped paint a picture of how your alumni can better leverage the reputation of their respective schools. Alumni-generated social media campaigns are another.

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JULY 23, 2024

I look forward to working this year with the faculty, staff, students, and alumni as we lead the nation in our teaching, research, and land-grant and clinical activities,” said Fuchs, who starts in the role Aug. Fuchs served as the university’s 12th president from January 2015 to February 2023, before taking a yearlong sabbatical.

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JULY 12, 2023

It’s Time to Reassess Alumni Volunteer Roles Featured Image at Top of Article Untitled design_volunteer_cropped.png Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/12/2023 - 12:41 PM

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JANUARY 10, 2023

in the Alumni-Foundation Event Center. NC A&T will also announce its 2023 Human Rights Medal awardee. “Embracing Our Past, Engaging Our Present, Imagining Our Future” – which will celebrate their bravery for their sit-in at that F.W. Woolworth Department Store lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960 – will start with a breakfast.

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MAY 9, 2024

Frye Hall, named after two of its most prominent alumni, 1953 graduates Justice Henry Frye and his wife, Shirley Frye. Triad Business Journal awarded him its inaugural Leader in Diversity Legacy Award in 2023. The building, with its angular green and white façade, will be known as Henry E. and Shirley T.

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MAY 29, 2024

I look forward to working with the amazing WSSU faculty, staff, students and alumni as we build upon the historical strengths of this university that will launch us into the future. I have been preparing for this moment my entire career and I am overjoyed to serve this great institution.”

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The program – begins June 2023 – will be available to families at little to no cost and will run as two separate weeklong sessions from Jun. Additionally, a major gift from Earlham alumni Tom ’57 and Nancy Newlin ’56 will expand the program to a national scale by summer 2024. 18-23 and 25-30.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Alumni are more likely to view their college degree as a good investment if they received strong career support from their institution, according to the 2023 National Alumni Career Mobility survey released Tuesday by Lightcast, a market analytics company.

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JUNE 8, 2023

More than 140 graduate and undergraduate students at MIT received red “Latinx MIT Class of 2023” stoles for this year's commencement. More than 140 graduate and undergraduate students received red “Latinx MIT Class of 2023” stoles. The event was streamed online through MIT's website. “We

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MAY 29, 2024

Dr. Mark Brown "I am grateful and humbled by the Board of Trustees, faculty, alumni, students, community leaders, and all of Mother Tuskegee for the opportunity to return home to lead our university into the second quarter of the 21st Century,” said Brown. He succeeds Dr. Charlotte P.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Unfortunately, students had to repeatedly make their case to skeptical and unsupportive university administrators, trustees, alumni, donors, and legislators. From November 9th to the 12th, Indiana University’s Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center will host the 2023 Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) Conference.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Helena in May of 2011 and relocated to Napa on November 20, 2023. When he and his business partner founded their firm, they chose “Signum” as it is a Latin term for design and reflects the center point of the firm. They opened their architecture firm originally in St.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After reading this year’s report, my position remains unchanged, prompting me to offer a few tidbits of advice to college and university presidents and their advancement teams in preparation for fundraising for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. surging racial unrest, recent Supreme Court decisions, electoral politics, etc.),

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APRIL 8, 2025

When adjusted for inflation, donations to higher education increased by 3% during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a new report from CASE Insights. Philanthropy rose across most traditional sourcesprimarily foundational giving, which rose by 13.3%, followed by alumni at 7.5% and non-alumni by 4.7%.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

The court’s June 29, 2023, ruling did not eliminate the consideration of race entirely. For example, the University of Virginia planned to rework its legacy admissions policy such that an applicant’s familial ties to alumni would no longer be conveyed to admission officers directly via checkbox, UVA officials said.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. An AAS program at Williams is a long time coming, having seen 34 years of activism by faculty, alumni, and students in support of instituting AAS. “In The vote – done at a Dec.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

SACSCOC will review the school again in December 2023. These efforts are reflected in the significant progress in areas such as increased enrollment, increased alumni and employee giving, increased grant activity, increased endowments, reduced student debt, improved upward mobility of graduates, and year-end balanced budgets.

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AIFS Abroad

MARCH 11, 2024

Just ask Andrew, a college student from Rowan University and AIFS Abroad Alumni Ambassador who spent his Spring 2023 semester studying in the heart of Tuscany: Florence, Italy. Start Your Study Abroad Journey The post Alumni Spotlight: Andrew’s Spring Semester Abroad in Florence, Italy appeared first on AIFS Study Abroad Blog.

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JULY 13, 2023

Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. But calls to delay are increasing.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The HBCU’s accreditation was terminated in December 2023, as it struggled with financial management issues. The commission’s appeals committee, on Feb. 27, upheld a decision to revoke accreditation for the historically Black university and deny an extension of “Probation for Good Cause” until December 2025. Dr. Marcus H.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Organizers are planning to launch the program Summer 2023. These graduates are most likely to follow careers in service to poor and marginalized communities, as 95 percent of our PRIME-LC alumni do,” Vega said. UCPPP will expand the pool of talented and motivated students who will go on to practice healthcare where it’s needed most.”

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MARCH 20, 2025

A photo of an early hybrid steering committee meeting for the Global Mental Health and Society (GMH&S) Alumni and Student Network project. To enhance this, we have founded the Global Mental Health and Society (GMH&S) Alumni and Student Network. Who are the GMHS Student and Alumni Network? Photo credit: Anna Chiumento.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Therefore, it’s essential to ensure that our alumni be well prepared for all that lies ahead, both professionally and personally. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Trending: Do more to engage and empower your students.

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MAY 31, 2023

The National Girls Collaborative Project’s 2023 “State of Girls and Women in STEM” report revealed much of the same. In March, we launched a special campaign geared towards women that featured female alumni speaking about their decision to study engineering and the success they have experienced as engineers.

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 11, 2023

Last Updated on May 12, 2023 by Cat Rogliano Meet Maddy, a college student from Scotland who recently completed an AIFS Abroad internship program in the heart of New York City during Summer 2022. We heard from Maddy about her experience interning in one of the most vibrant cities in the world.

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MARCH 27, 2024

In 2023, the American Council on Education (ACE) released their study of over 1,000 college presidents, which revealed the tenure of the presidency has diminished. Experts say that faculty, administration, alumni, and even current students have a role to play in influencing the stability of their university’s executive office.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

HBCUs Without Presidents Josh Moody Fri, 11/10/2023 - 03:00 AM At least 18 four-year HBCUs lack permanent leaders. Experts say presidential turnover harms relationships with donors and alumni and undermines continuity. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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