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Dr. Lester McCorn Selected to Lead Paine College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I relish the opportunity to collaborate with Paine College's trustees, administrators, alumni, students, faculty, stakeholders, and civic and business leaders to realize our vision for higher education excellence."

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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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Columbia College Chicago Names Dr. Shantay N. Bolton as First Woman of Color President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bolton comes to Columbia from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she serves as executive vice president of administration and finance and chief business officer. Prior to Georgia Tech, Bolton held administrative positions at Washington University in St. At Georgia Tech, she managed a $3.1

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus.

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SHAREESE WILLIAMS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shareese Williams Shareese Williams has been appointed interim director of alumni affairs at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU). Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting communications from SAU and a master’s in health administration from Pfeiffer University.

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PAULA POLGLASE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paula Polglase Paula Polglase has been named director of the Office of Alumni Relations at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She served as executive director of the JMU Alumni Association.

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