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Dr. Derek Greenfield, director of Diversity and Equity Engagement at Alcorn State University, served as a keynote speaker today at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) 2012 Summer Meeting held in Savannah, Georgia. This year’s meeting focused on the core mission of CADE: “broadening access and opportunity in the academic community, utilizing [...]

Savannah State University President Cheryl D. Dozier has named Reynold Verret, Ph.D., as vice president for Academic Affairs effective Aug. 6. As Savannah State’s chief academic officer, Verret will be a member of the president’s leadership team and offer recommendations on educational policy and development of the university’s teaching, research and community service programs. He will also provide leadership and [...]

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has established a dual degree program in nursing with Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. Dr. Brenda Allen, WSSU provost, and Dr. Peggy Valentine, WSSU School of Health Sciences dean, met with Wang Hua, president of Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, and several of that school’s key administrators to create a program that will allow nursing students [...]

Now that a proposed penny sales tax to fund billions in transportation projects in metro Atlanta has failed, solutions to easing gridlock in the South’s economic engine are farther away than ever. A day after Tuesday’s primary election, supporters vowed to change the minds of voters who rejected the ballot issue by a 2-to-1 margin. Critics derided the plan as [...]

Dr. Michael E. Orok has been named the new Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Tennessee State University. Orok is a longtime educator and university administrator with over 25 years of experience. “I am honored to assume the position of Dean in the School of Graduate Studies and Research at this historically enriched institution of higher learning,” Orok said. [...]

 by Julian K. Lewis I chose to attend Howard University solely because my mother respected the school so much. Her parents did not have the money to send her to a prestigious University so, being her one and only child, I wanted to fulfill her wishes as best I could. My mother, like many other people, views Howard as a [...]