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Molloy University Awarded $3.5M Grant to Promote Minorities in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Molloy University has received a $3.5 James Lentini, president of Molloy University, which is part of an alliance of seven member institutions from the Lower Hudson Valley Catholic Colleges and Universities Consortium comprising 10 private Catholic colleges and universities across New York State. John’s University, St.

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Black and Indian: Reconciling Dual Identities in Higher Education Leadership

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I was scheduled to present a proposal to my tribal council - I was seeking permission to bring a group of students from the University I worked at to the Rez for an annual cultural festival. Torence Powell For these reasons, when I visited my tribe at 24 years old it was with high expectations and purpose. I was home.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

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Every Saturday morning University of Miami freshman Anthony Davenport leaves his residence hall on the Coral Gables campus and gets on the Miami-Dade County Metrorail in route to the Brownsville neighborhood.

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Beard Named Interim President at FAMU

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Timothy Beard has been named interim president of Florida A&M University. He previously served as president of Pasco-Hernando State College, where he also worked as vice president of student development and enrollment management. in rehabilitation counseling from Florida State University. “In

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WHITNEY MCDOWELL-ROBINSON

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Whitney McDowell-Robison Whitney McDowell-Robison has been appointed vice president for student development and engagement at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. in urban higher education, both from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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TANIA D. MITCHELL

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Mitchell has been named the associate provost for community engagement at the University of Maryland. She serves as the Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and chair of the department of organizational leadership, policy, and development at the University of Minnesota.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

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in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina. McMickens During an interview with Diverse , McMickens recalls an op-ed column written by a Black student in The Daily Pennsylvanian , the University of Pennsylvania student newspaper.