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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

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In 2010, In 2010, the college converted its football field into a farm. We believe this project will have a profound impact on student success and well-being, empowering them to focus on their education and future.” The farm serves as a learning tool for students and donates 15% of the produce.

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Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

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Fry has served as president of Drexel University since 2010. He previously served as president of Franklin and Marshall College from 2002– 2010, and as executive vice president at the University of Pennsylvania. A graduate of Lafayette College, he holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.

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Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Appointed President of Northern Kentucky University

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From 1996 to 2010, she taught at the school as a professor of communication, graduate program director, and department chair. “I Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. This appointment marks a return to NKU for Short-Thompson.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted. increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). The contributions are significant enough that if the national Latino population were its own country, it would have the fifth-largest GDP in the world, $3.2 of the U.S. population.

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Cruzado Wins 2024 Council of Fellows Mentor Award

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Cruzado, who has served as president of Montana State since 2010, has a storied career in higher education leadership. “Each one was a teacher and I learned from them as much as I gave. They are all remarkable people and I cherish the time we shared on this pursuit that is higher education.”

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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver Dies at 71

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Oliver previously served in the state General Assembly and as Assembly speaker, becoming the first Black woman in the role in New Jersey history in 2010. Overseeing the Department of Community Affairs, she also headed efforts to expand affordable housing and local government services.

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Former Athletes and Coaches Rally Against Trans Inclusion in Women's Sports During Annual NCAA Convention

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In 2010, the NCAA began allowing trans athletes with a year of hormone therapy to compete in women’s sports. She claimed that the inclusion of trans athletes amounted to violations of women’s privacy and ability to consent, and that she personally preferred that all trans women be prohibited from women’s sports.

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