Black Issues in Higher Education articles from March 2005

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from March 2005

In with the new.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
March 10, 2005... Just when you think you've gotten comfortably ahead on information technology tools, whether it's for home, work or school, along comes a new product or application that throws you off kilter for not having the latest and greatest. To say that...

GOP seeks to start anew on Higher Education bill: new spending to be paid for through cuts, savings in other higher education programs.(US House of Representatives)
March 10, 2005... House Republicans are returning their attention to a slate of Higher Education Act renewal bills this Congressional session, including plans to increase Pell Grants, expand Black college aid and reform the student loan system. The College...

Report says colleges bilking loan program.(A Report from the Government Accountability Office of the United States)
March 10, 2005... A program designed to provide student aid has spun out of control, becoming a cash cow for colleges and universities. The Department of Education has not adequately controlled the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), according to a...

Higher Education Assistance group fights to save Perkins Loan Program.(The Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO))(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... The Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) has launched a major grassroots campaign calling on Congress to reject the President's budget proposal to eliminate the Perkins Loan Program for college students. The...

Getting students engaged about Africa: national college tour seeks to raise awareness about economic injustices toward African countries.(American Friends Service Committee's Africa Initiative Program launches "Life Over Debt: Africa in the Age of Global Apartheid")
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON Forty million Africans lace chronic food shortages everyday, while millions have died as a result of war and conflict. And it is estimated that 27 million are living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, despite Africa's multiple devastations,...

ACE report: minority college enrollment climbs, but gaps persist: the number of minority full-time faculty also increases while minority college presidencies see minimal growth.("Minorities in Higher Education Twenty-First Annual Status Report (2003-2004)" released recently by the American Council on Education (ACE).)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON Students of color continue to make significant gains in college enrollment, but still lag behind their White counterparts in the rates at which they pursue a higher education, according to the "Minorities in Higher Education...

Congressional Alliance to tackle minority health disparities.(The National Minority Health Month Foundation (NMHMF) announced the formation of the Congressional Leadership Alliance to Eliminate Health Disparities)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON In collaboration with Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. Speaker of the House and founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Peter Deutsch, former U.S. Representative from Florida, the National Minority Health Month...

Survey: minority business school professors positively impacting students' career decisions.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... MONTVALE, N.J. A survey of undergraduate and graduate students and business school deans at U.S. colleges and universities reveals that minority professors are having an overwhelming impact on the career decisions of both minority and...

Survey: young adults believe in the value of higher education: but college participation still not commonplace for most Black, Hispanic students, compared to Asian, White peers.(Noteworthy News)
March 10, 2005... NEW YORK A new national survey of young adults ages 18 to 25 finds that the vast majority of today's young adults--be they African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American or White--strongly believe in the value of higher education....

New AIDS organization aimed at Black college students.(Noteworthy News)
March 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES In response to growing numbers of new HIV infections among Black college students, the Black AIDS Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation have formed L.I.F.E. AIDS, (Leaders In the Fight to Eradicate AIDS), an effort aimed...

Dialogue, personal example work best for parents in drug talks with teens.(Noteworthy News)
March 10, 2005... UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. parents can more effectively advise teens about alcohol and drug use if they try dialogue before lecture and they set an everyday example, rather than give a one-time drug sermon, according to a Penn State University...

Record number of students apply to University of California Schools: American Indians only minority group to see applications fall in 2004.
March 10, 2005... BERKELEY, CALIF. The number of students who want to get into the University of California topped 100,000 for the first time this year, including nearly 9,000 students seeking one of the 1,000 spots at the new campus of Merced. ...

Amherst College: postdoctoral fellowships.(Noteworthy News)
March 10, 2005... Global Sound The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to Amherst College to support exceptionally promising young scholars for two years of half-time teaching (one course each semester) and halftime research. As part of this...

National Endowment for the Humanities funds American History workshops for community college faculty.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced the creation of five "Landmarks of American History" community college faculty workshops to be held this summer at historic and cultural sites across the United...

Oswald Bronson named interim president of Edward Waters College.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Dr. Oswald R Bronson, who served 29 years as president of Bethune-Cookman College, was named last month as interim president of struggling Edward Waters College. Bronson, 77, began work at the historically Black...

Law would require harder classes for top 10 percent applicants to University of Texas.(The top 10 percent law for admissions in University of Texas)
March 10, 2005... AUSTIN, TEXAS Students who want automatic admission to Texas universities would have to take tougher high-school classes under a bill filed last month by Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. West says the university admissions law that requires...

John Hope Franklin '05 awards.
March 10, 2005... As a part of the conference Black Issues will present the second John Hope Franklin Award for Excellence in Higher Education. This award will serve the purpose of filling two gaping holes in the higher education landscape. The first is to pay...

Technology's latest wave: colleges and universities are increasingly exploring the academic use of digital mobile devices--but lack of money sometimes stands in the way.(iPod and Tablet PCs)
March 10, 2005... Reaching for her iPod, Dorian Scheuch gets ready to study. The student at Georgia College & State University tunes into special music she has downloaded from a Web site prepared by her professor for a class titled "Utopia/Dystopia." She listens...

Wiring schools for success: lawmakers revive bill to assist minority-serving institutions in upgrading technology infrastructure.(Many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing in the technology race)
March 10, 2005... It is no secret that many historically Black colleges and universities are trailing behind TWIs (Traditional White Institutions) in the technology race. In fact, a 2000 study conducted by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher...

Transformative connections: community-based K-12 computing program strives to strengthen academic and career aspirations of its participants.(Special report: technology in higher education)(Cover Story)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON As a relative newcomer to the Saturday afternoons spent working on computers in a community center in Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia neighborhood, Avery Hillmon has his work cut out for him. A participant in the long-running Joint...

A useful study aid or jazzed-up novelty? Some are calling test-prep software on cell phones a democratizing equalizer, others say it increases the gap between the haves and the have-nots.(Special report: technology in higher education)
March 10, 2005... Carl Washburn wondered how to push his teen-age son into studying for the SAT. After all, it's well-known that prepared students tend to score higher than those who aren't. Then Washburn realized his son's cell phone could prove a compatible...

Aptitude or acculturation?(Speaking Of Education)(systemic bias in education, comments of Larry Summers)
March 10, 2005... What was Larry Summers thinking? The Harvard president, as well known for his brilliance as for his tactlessness, must enjoy the taste of shoe leather, given the frequency he puts his foot in his mouth. Some "off the record" remarks he made at...

Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica.(BI bookshelf: new scholarly books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 10, 2005... Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica By Deborah A. Thomas Duke University Press, 2004/2005 376 pp., $84.95 Cloth ISBN: 0-8223-3408-9; $23.95 paperback ISBN 0-8223-3419-4 Modern Blackness is a...

Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature.(BI bookshelf: new scholarly books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 10, 2005... Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature By Jeffrey B. Leak University of Tennessee Press, April 2005 192 pp., $30.00 Cloth ISBN: 1-57233-357-X The portrayal of Black men in our national literature is controversial,...

Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education.(BI bookshelf: new scholarly books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 10, 2005... Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education By William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil and Eugene M. Tobin University of Virginia Press, April 2005 480 pp., $27.95 Cloth ISBN: 0-8139-2350-6 Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost...

African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame.(BI bookshelf: new scholarly books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 10, 2005... African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame By Anne C. Bailey Beacon Press, 2005 289 pp., $26.00 Cloth ISBN: 0-8070-5512-3 The story of the Atlantic slave trade has largely been filtered through the eyes...

Report: U.S. economic leadership vulnerable due to poor performance in Math, Science.(From the report, "A Commitment to America's Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics and Science Education)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON Armed with one of the most comprehensive and current reviews of data available, top corporate and higher education leaders last month said that the United States' lackluster performance in science and math has placed the nation...

NYU establishes online bachelor's degree for adult students.(tech briefs)(New York University)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... NEW YORK New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU SCPS) is launching the university's first fully online undergraduate degree program for adult students. The new program will begin accepting applications...

Minority, rural radio stations receive grants to enhance internet presence.(tech briefs)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... WASHINGTON The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is awarding Internet Service Acquisition Grants to help 131 rural and minority public radio stations enhance their listener and community service through the Web, the organization...

In search of answers.(Answers.com from GuruNet Corp.)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 10, 2005... Since the advent of the computer, more than a half-century ago, the Holy Grail has been an intelligent machine that provides just the answers you're looking for. This quest was dramatized with HAL, the soft-spoken fictional computer in the film...

Columbia College.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. CAROLYN BUCK has been named dean of learning support services at Columbia College in California. Most recently she was the articulation officer at San Diego Mesa College. Buck earned a bachelor's from Bennett College, a master's from North...

North Carolina Central University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. KEN HAREWOOD has been appointed the Glaxo Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology at North Carolina Central University. He is currently the director of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research...

Arizona State University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. MERNOY E. HARRISON JR. has been named vice president and provost for Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus. He has worked for Arizona State since 1997. Most recently, he was executive vice president for administration and...

University of Utah.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. LYNETTE D. LAND has been named assistant professor of education at the University of Utah. She holds a joint appointment in the Educational Leadership and Policy department and ethnic studies program. Land earned a bachelor's from Western...

Wayne State University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. DELILA OWENS has been appointed assistant professor in the counselor education department at Wayne State University in Detroit. Owens earned a bachelor's from Ferris State University, a master's from Central Michigan University and a...

City College of New York.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... DR. MAUREEN H. POWERS is the new, vice president for student affairs at the City College of New York. Powers had been dean of students at the Institute for the International Education of Students in Chicago since 1999. Powers earned a...

Boston Medical Center.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... Boston Medical Center received more than $870,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study and develop treatments for patients with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder in the primary care setting.

California State University.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... California State University, Northridge has received a $144,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to assist CSUN biology labs' continued research of cell interaction by studying sea urchins and their embryos. In addition, the...

Duke University.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... Duke University (N.C.) received a $23.5 million grant from William H. Gross, manager of the world's largest bond mutual fund, and his wife Sue. Sixty-four percent ($15 million) of the gift will endow undergraduate scholarships and another $5...

The Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... The Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Science & Engineering Research is receiving $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the rehabilitation needs of severely wounded...

Miami Dade College.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2005... Miami Dade College (Fla.) received a $50,000 grant from the Florida Department of Education to help fund a program aimed at improving literacy skills of at-risk middle school students. The grant is unique in that it will work directly with the...

Events.(Calendar)
March 10, 2005... APRIL April 2-5 Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) 2005 Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Madison Hotel Washington Web: www.hacu.net April 2-6 American College Personnel...

Black male achievement and the community college.(Last Word)
March 10, 2005... The two-year college often represents Black men's first experience with postsecondary education, and for many, their last opportunity for obtaining a degree beyond a high-school diploma. Yet a review of student performance data provided by...

A problem we can no longer ignore.(HIV AIDS)(Editorial)
March 24, 2005... We covered with "Mobilizing Against HIV/AIDS" in 1999 and "A Predator in Paradise" in 2003, both issues examining HIV/AIDS in the United States and the Caribbean. But with recent headlines such as "HIV Rate Doubles for Blacks" and "AIDS Across...

i poll.(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... Following are the results from the March 10, 2005, edition's poll question posted on the Black Issues Web site. Q: Should federal Pell grants be allowed to fund the higher education of incarcerated prisoners? Responses Yes...

GEAR UP, TRIO officials mobilize support to save college-access programs.(Washington Update)
March 24, 2005... With an older brother in prison and a father he hardly knew, the most Ronnie Rice had hoped for was a spot in the military or a job at one of the factories in his hometown of Mobile, Ala. For this borderline high-school student, college wasn't...

Coalition launches advertising, lobbying campaign for federal student aid.(Washington Update)
March 24, 2005... A coalition of groups representing students, faculty, consumer advocates and admission and enrollment officers has formed to oppose the proposed elimination of rules that safeguard federal student loans and other student aid programs. The...

'Taking back the music': Spelman students combat hip-hop's negative portrayals of Black women.(Noteworthy news: the latest news from across the country)
March 24, 2005... ATLANTA Music, by its nature, is a great unifier, able to turn a room into a rocking, bouncing good time. But in a stimulating evening of discussion on the Spelman College campus, music became something different: a veritable battleground...

Researchers, students, gather in Hawaii for violence prevention conference.(Noteworthy News)
March 24, 2005... More than 800 researchers, scholars, violence prevention professionals, community activists and students are expected to gather in Honolulu April 6-9 for "Navigating Pathways to Violence Prevention," the sixth National Conference on Family...

Lawmakers to propose millions to shore up FAMU.(Noteworthy News)(Florida A&M University)(Al Lawson, Curtis Richardson)
March 24, 2005... TALLAHASSEE, FLA. TWO lawmakers say they will seek millions in state funds to help struggling Florida A&M University, days after an independent audit showed the school didn't balance its books and often could not track how it spent money....

Study: value NCAA earns from Black athletes exceeds the GNP of Russia.(Noteworthy News)
March 24, 2005... SYRACUSE, N.Y. A recent study by Dr. Boyce Watkins, assistant professor of finance and researcher at Syracuse University, calculates the financial value of the Black athlete to the NCAA to exceed a quarter of a trillion dollars over a...

Edward Waters College loses accreditation appeal, files lawsuit.(Noteworthy News)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... JACKSONVILLE, FLA. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has turned down an appeal by Edward Waters College over the loss of its accreditation in a plagiarism scandal and the school has sued seeking an injunction to block the...

Study finds women faculty experience more stress than men in higher education.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... COLUMBIA, Mo. In today's workforce, stress is more prevalent than ever. While demands and pressures are the main fuel for the fire, gender can also play a key role. A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia identifies factors...

Report shows three times more Black men on corporate boards than women.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... WASHINGTON The Executive Leadership Council recently released its inaugural report of African Americans on the boards of U.S. Fortune 500 corporations. The report focuses on information about the number of Fortune 500 corporate board...

UAB reaches settlement with former President Ann Reynolds.(noteworthy news)(University of Alabama)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. The University of Alabama System has reached a $475,000 settlement with former UAB president Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the system's board of trustees. In the settlement, the system...

California tribal college loses accreditation, closes.(noteworthy news)(D-Q University)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... WOODLAND, CALIF. American Indian leaders who tried to save California's only tribal college say that problems at D-Q University are insurmountable. The two-year college in rural Yolo County lost its accreditation in January, after school...

Naval Academy sees decline in minority applicants.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... ANNAPOLIS, MD. Naval Academy officials expressed concern in early March over a 22.5 percent drop in minority applicants from last year. The decline, however, was consistent with an overall drop in applications to the Annapolis military...

Penn State Black Caucus calls school's response to racism 'halfhearted'.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... STATE COLLEGE, PA. The Penn State Black Caucus called on students, administrators and university President Graham Spanier to assure the safety of minorities on campus and claimed the school takes a halfhearted approach to racial tensions....

University of Michigan to offer grants for needy students.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... ANN ARBOR, MICH. Nearly 3,000 needy undergraduate students at the University of Michigan would see their tuition bills lowered under a new grant program. The program, called M-PACT, would allow the students to tap into $3 million a...

Black leaders examine developing contract with Black America.(noteworthy news)(Tavis Smiley)(State of the Black Union)
March 24, 2005... LITHONIA, GA. For his sixth annual State of the Black Union symposium, Tavis Smiley challenged assembled Black leaders to examine developing a contract with Black America. The resulting discussion had a crowd of about 2,000 on its feet...

UCLA study: growing mismatch between African Americans and job locations increases racial inequality.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... LOS ANGELES A new study conducted by a UCLA researcher and published by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program indicates that the distance between African Americans and the location of employment opportunities has increased...

Study shows Black, Hispanic college graduation rates still trailing in California.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO A recent study found a significant gap in college graduation rates between Blacks and Hispanics born in California versus Whites and Asian Americans. The study, released recently by the Public Policy Institute of...

Coalition of states agree to raise high-school standards.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... WASHINGTON A coalition of 13 states confirmed plans recently to require tougher high-school courses and diploma requirements, changes that could affect about one in three students. The announcement is the most tangible sign that the...

Benchmarks & barriers: for people of color in higher education.(Spring into ... Washington, D.C., 2005)
March 24, 2005... Second Annual BIHE National Conference May 19-21,2005 Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Va. (Washington, D.C., metropolitan area) UPDATED CONFERENCE & REGISTRATION INFORMATION The 2004 conference was sold out! You...

California State-Stanislaus president to head Dillard University.(noteworthy news)(Marvalene Hughes)
March 24, 2005... NEW ORLEANS Dr. Marvalene Hughes, the first woman or African American to be named president of California State University's Stanislaus campus, was chosen in early March as Dillard University's first female president. Hughes will...

Oregon State University returns artifacts to American Indian tribes, historical society balks.(noteworthy news)
March 24, 2005... CORVALLIS, ORE. The Benton County Historical Society expressed disappointment over Oregon State University's decision to return 900 artifacts from the Homer Museum to the Oregon tribes from which they came. The university closed the museum...

On the frontline of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: with infection rates still escalating among African Americans, researchers, scholars and activists wonder if the battle is a losing one.
March 24, 2005... Most days, Cynthia Davis is an exasperated trooper who can always be found teaching and preaching from the frontline of the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The very disease that's crippling and killing those she's trying to save with prevention,...

Survival at stake: University of North Carolina's Dr. Adaora Adimora searches for answers into HIV transmission among African Americans.(Cover Story)(Biography)
March 24, 2005... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. During the 1980s and into the '90s, HIV and AIDS primarily affected gay White men. The rates of HIV/AIDS stabilized in the 1990s in the United States, but today the numbers are soaring again. This time around, victims are...

Saving a generation: North Carolina public health department partners with state's Black colleges to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
March 24, 2005... North Carolina A&T does it. Across the street, Bennett College does it too. So do Elizabeth City State University, Livingstone and Fayetteville State. These North Carolina-based historically Black institutions have made HIV/AIDS education a...

Desperately seeking students: several public flagships attempt to reverse disturbing declines in Black student college enrollment.
March 24, 2005... As high-school seniors begin to choose colleges in the coining months, officials at many public flagships nervously hope that their renewed outreach to Black students reverses steep and disappointing enrollment drops. Those declines, some of...

Budget cuts leave U.S. out of global progress.(The Global Forum)(United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development)
March 24, 2005... The United Nations launched its "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in January. The purpose of the "Decade" is to promote viable and just societies for all people. All over the world, educational institutions are being encouraged...

TADA! and the PhD Project unite to help students complete doctoral degrees.(tech briefs)(Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished)
March 24, 2005... PHOENIX A Phoenix-based software development company has announced a collaboration with the acclaimed PhD Project that will provide instructional software to minority students with the aim of helping them complete master's theses and...

Howard expands Windows Media Player challenge to national competitors.(tech briefs)(Howard University)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... WASHINGTON Howard University, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to launch the fourth annual Howard University Windows Media Player Skins Challenge, a college-level competition to create...

College-centered auction site debuts.(tech briefs)(CollegeJunktion.com)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... MIAMI In an effort to bring an eBay-like Web site to college students, a Miami company has introduced CollegeJunktion.com, an auction and trading Web site available at . The new Web site creates an online community for students across the...

Keeping e-mail in top form.(Personal Computing)
March 24, 2005... Despite the fact that e-mail has been firmly entrenched in offices and homes for some time, debate still rages online about e-mail usage and style. How should you begin and end an e-mail message? If replying to a message, should you quote...

Tuskegee University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... DR. ALICIA J. JACKSON was appointed dean of the College of Business and Information Science at Tuskegee University in Alabama. She had been serving as interim dean. Jackson received a bachelor's from Knox College, an MBA from the University of...

Western Carolina University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... TANISHA JENKINS has been named director of multicultural affairs at Western Carolina University. Previously, she was a graduate assistant in the Gantt Intercultural Center at Clemson University. Jenkins earned a bachelor's from Presbyterian...

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... DR. ERICA MEREDITH has been named the new dean of the School of Information Systems, Business and Public Safety at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond, Va. She earned a bachelor's from St. Paul's College, a master's from Central...

Syracuse University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... STEPHANIE PARKS was appointed director of corporate relations for Syracuse University's Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, part of the division of institutional advancement. Before joining Syracuse, she served as marketing manager...

U.S. Distance Learning Association.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... REGGIE SMITH III has been named to the board of directors of the U.S. Distance Learning Association. He is manager of Advanced Distributed Learning and Training at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in Alexandria, Va. Smith received a bachelor's from...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.(appointment)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... ERIC B. WEEKES has been appointed vice president-chief financial officer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. Previously he was treasurer of OGE Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City. Weekes earned a bachelor's degree from New...

The California State University, Northridge Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics received a $250,000 grant from the Joseph Drown Foundation to support ongoing programs and the operation of the center.(Grants & awards)(Joseph Drown Foundation)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... The California State University, Northridge Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics received a $250,000 grant from the Joseph Drown Foundation to support ongoing programs and the operation of the center. It will also...

The Duke University (N.C.) Divinity School received $6.7 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to promote innovative pastoral leadership and excellence in ministry.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... The Duke University (N.C.) Divinity School received $6.7 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to promote innovative pastoral leadership and excellence in ministry. The grant supports "Advancing Pastoral Excellence," a new phase of the program...

Hampton University (Va.) was awarded $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.(Grants & awards)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2005... Hampton University (Va.) was awarded $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to initiate a university transportation center in 2005.