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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is an HBCU-centric program, and we are unapologetic about it,” says Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who served as president of Wilberforce University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023. Collaboration: The Future of HBCUs” in Charlotte, N.C. Felton While H.E.L.F. From May 12-14th, H.E.L.F. will sponsor “Ideation. Innovation.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

since 2018. Dr. Moores influence extends far beyond his own accomplishment, said Jackson, who has known Moore since their days as graduate students and have collaborated with him on a number of initiatives and projects, including the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education. Dr. Jerlando F.L.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences. From the start, BWSA sought collaboration rather than competition.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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I really enjoy meeting and collaborating with colleagues from across the campus, and it just gave me a much larger enterprise view of how education works and operates to support faculty, staff and students, she says. Through that internship, she got to work on senior level executive projects that supported the entire campus.

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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, according to the Pew Research Center, Black students earned just 7% of STEM bachelors degrees, compared to their 10% share of all bachelors degrees and 12% representation in the adult population. Strengthening K-12 Partnerships Collaborating with K-12 schools enhances the pipeline of underrepresented students into STEM.

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Dr. Ronald S. Rochon Appointed Chair of AASCU Board of Directors

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Rochon University of Southern Indiana Rochon is currently president of the University of Southern Indiana (USI), a role he has had since 2018. He is also chair of AASCU’s Millennium Leadership Initiative Executive Steering Committee. "It

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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In 2018, Eanes received the CSU’s Wang Family Excellence Award for achieving transformative results in her role as a member of the CSUF president’s cabinet and as vice president.