Black Issues in Higher Education articles from May 2005

Black Issues in Higher Education archives from May 2005

Rising costs, raising profiles.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
May 5, 2005... You know things are bad when certain colleges are considered a "best value" with a $40,000-a-year price tag, as was written about a small New England college recently. Who can afford college at that price? Very few. It's hard to imagine college...

Honoring Arthur Ashe.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 2005... It is truly a humbling honor to remember the great Arthur Ashe through this [Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar] award, (see Black Issues, April 7). As you know, his character as an influential humanitarian, a pioneer who fought against injustice, a...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 5, 2005... Pramote Malasitt was incorrectly listed under First Team Women's Tennis in the April 7th Arthur Ashe edition. Malasitt, a student at Elon University, should have been listed under First Team Men's Tennis. Black Issues regrets the error.

Raising awareness about a disastrous disease.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 2005... Black Issues In Higher Education is to be commended for its strong editorial statement and the three excellent articles on the HIV/AIDS pandemic (see Black Issues, March 24), which threatens African existence worldwide. Surprisingly, there...

Report finds flaws in Education Department's audit follow-ups.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)
May 5, 2005... Academic institutions that misuse federal money have historically gotten away with at least some of their misdeeds. The Department of Education's Inspector General's office has shown that this is at least in part due to shoddy follow-up...

Pell Grant data incomplete, report says.(WASHINGTON update)
May 5, 2005... No one knows how big a dent Pell Grants are making in the nation's need for college financing. Though the federal government spends more than $12 billion a year for the grants, it doesn't collect data on how many eligible students don't apply....

Education office warns of breach in student-loan records.(WASHINGTON update)
May 5, 2005... Internal controls over the processing of student loans works well enough. But a problem could arise because of incompatible recordkeeping systems. Or so concluded the Department of Education's Inspector General's office after an...

Gates to step down as African-American studies chairman at Harvard.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
May 5, 2005... CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. said in April that he will resign as chairman of the African and African-American studies department in 2006 but intends to remain at the university. Gates, 54, said his plan...

Berkeley chancellor vows to increase minority enrollment: Birgeneau shocked to find no Black students enrolled in engineering program last fall.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Robert Birgeneau)(University of California, Berkeley)
May 5, 2005... BERKELEY, CALIF. The chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley says Black and Hispanic enrollment on campus is shockingly low, and he doesn't think that's what voters intended when they banned affirmative action. Chancellor...

African-American photo collection reveals a forgotten Los Angeles.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... LOS ANGELES Discarded images of a bygone era chronicle a vibrant African-American culture, providing a key resource for scholars focused on race relations in the City of Angels. The images are of smiling, affluent African-American...

BI poll.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... Following are the results from the April 7th edition's poll question posted on the Black Issues Web site. Q: Do you believe the NCAA's new academic reform measures will help colleges and universities improve the retention and graduation...

Black entrepreneur gives $10 million to University of Southern California.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... LOS ANGELES Los Angeles entrepreneur Janice Bryant Howroyd has given $10 million to support student aid programs in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "My girl is meant to support Dean Aoun's vision of what USC will become,"...

Journalists of Color work toward increasing newsroom diversity.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... ARLINGTON, VA. UNITY: Journalists of Color is challenging each of the 743 members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)--some 265 of whom gathered in April for ASNE's annual conference--to take bold action in diversfying...

Commencement 2005 speakers.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... The University of Akron School of Law (Ohio) Dennis Wayne Archer President, American Bar Association, and former mayor of Detroit Aquinas College (Mich.) Bruce Cole Eighth Chairman of the National Endowment for the...

South Carolina study: domestic violence prevalent among Hispanics.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... COLUMBIA, S.C. Some 70 percent of Hispanic women surveyed in South Carolina say they are victims of domestic violence, according to studies by researchers at the University of South Carolina. It's a serious problem in South Carolina's...

Second annual BIHE National Conference.(Calendar)
May 5, 2005... In their words... Here are a few of the comments from 2004 Benchmarks & Barriers participants and sponsors: "I've truly enjoyed the conference and came away with what I wanted...to be renewed and revived." "I definitely look...

Howard University alumni art exhibit touts eight decades of talent.(noteworthy news)
May 5, 2005... WASHINGTON Howard University recently unveiled the largest alumni art exhibit in its history. The exhibit, featuring the work of 122 recognized artists, will run until May 29 in the university's Gallery of Art. The collection represents...

The costly college game: how will low-income students attain degrees when tuitions continue to increase and customary sources of financial aid remain stagnant?
May 5, 2005... The strong urgings of family, economists and educators have been heard: Students in record numbers have picked up the challenge of higher education and are headed for college. And leading the march through the college gates have been young men...

Catching up with ... Joyce Ladner.(Portrait of Joyce Ladner, sociologist and activist)
May 5, 2005... From her late teenage years as a civil rights activist to an interim presidency at Howard University, Dr. Joyce A. Ladner has lived as heroic and accomplished a life as any scholar of her generation. A 1964 graduate of Tougaloo College, Ladner,...

Black coaches are ready, willing ... and still waiting: by all accounts, there is no shortage of qualified Black coaches to lead Division I teams, so why are there so few?
May 5, 2005... It seems those who have a say in Division I-A athletic personnel matters--athletic directors, booster club leaders--haven't heard the news. There are plenty of qualified Black football and basketball coaches ready to step up and report to work....

From footnote to front page: time is of the essence in the study, legislation and preservation of Gullah/Geechee culture, and grass-roots activists are leading the way.
May 5, 2005... For generations, scholars theorized that Gullah/Geechee language and culture originated among populations of Africans enslaved on South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations. But some of them also maintained that the culture could only be found...

Ending subjugation: Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, activist, scholar and Egyptian presidential candidate, has long been a voice for Arab women's rights.(Interview)
May 5, 2005... Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, a leading contemporary Egyptian feminist, physician and dissentient writer, has long been a powerful voice speaking out in support of women's rights, particularly in the Arab world. By 1980, her long fight for...

Running your own online discussion groups.(PERSONAL COMPUTING)
May 5, 2005... At their best, online discussion groups expand your business and social contacts, exposing you to information and opinion you wouldn't find otherwise, as well as worldwide camaraderie. In one discussion group I frequent, however, the...

Shanghai students win world programming title.(tech briefs)
May 5, 2005... SHANGHAI, CHINA Last month, students from Jiao Tong University, the Shanghai-based school hosting the International Collegiate Programming Contest, took top honors in the annual competition organized annually by the Association for...

Duke to streamline iPod program.(tech briefs)(Duke University)
May 5, 2005... DURHAM, N.C. Duke University distributed an Apple iPod digital music player to each of the 1,600 incoming first-year students last fall. This coming fall, however, the school plans to hand out the popular devices only to students who...

Affirmative action for men?(SPEAKING OF EDUCATION)(Men and women in college education; men are minority)
May 5, 2005... Contrary to Larry Summers' notion that women don't have good sense (at least when it comes to math and science) men are the minority of undergraduate college students, at least in aggregate terms. For example, 71.6 percent of female 2004...

University of Arkansas.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed Carmen Coustaut as vice chancellor)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... CARMEN COUSTAUT has been named associate vice chancellor for institutional diversity at the University of Arkansas. Previously, she was an associate professor in the departments of theatre and radio-television-film at the University of Maryland...

Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed Arnold Hence as executive vice president)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... DR. ARNOLD HENCE has been named the executive vice president of Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina. Previously he was executive dean at the Community College of Baltimore. Hence earned a GED in the U.S. Army before receiving...

Florida A&M University.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed Lisa J. Lang as interim director)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... DR. LISA J. LANG was appointed interim director for the Center for Academic Advisement and Student Outreach at Florida A&M University. She earned a bachelor's and two master's degrees from FAMU and a doctorate from Florida State University.

Fresno City College Theatre Department.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed Stephanie Powell as dance instructor)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... STEPHANIE POWELL is a new dance instructor in the Fresno City College Theatre Department in California. She has extensive professional dance experience having performed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Alvin Alley American Dance...

Johnson C. Smith University.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed James Saunders II as director)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... JAMES SAUNDERS II is the new director of support services at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. He previously worked as the student support services tutorial coordinator. He earned a bachelor's from JCSU and a master's from the...

Trident Technical College's Palmer Campus.(ON THE MOVE)(appointed Mario White as director)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... MARIO WHITE has been named the director of Trident Technical College's Palmer Campus in Charleston, S.C. He has been serving as the director of the Palmer Campus Student Success Center and will continue in his role as coordinator of the...

The American University (Washington, D.C.) School of Education was recently awarded a five-year, $6.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The American University (Washington, D.C.) School of Education was recently awarded a five-year, $6.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance the teaching skills and content knowledge of teachers, and to increase the...

Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a grant of $450,000 from the James Irvine Foundation to support the diversification of its public programs initiatives.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a grant of $450,000 from the James Irvine Foundation to support the diversification of its public programs initiatives. The grant will support a three-year community outreach program to...

The Boston College Urban Scholars Program received $2.2 million from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The Boston College Urban Scholars Program received $2.2 million from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation to endow a program that trains teachers for jobs in urban settings.

The North Carolina School of the Arts has received a gift of $750,000 from the John Ehle and Vernon E. Jordan Trust for the endowment of three new $250,000 guest artist funds at the school.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The North Carolina School of the Arts has received a gift of $750,000 from the John Ehle and Vernon E. Jordan Trust for the endowment of three new $250,000 guest artist funds at the school. The funds will be named in memory of the late Anne...

Sacramento City College (Calif.) has been awarded $400,000 from the U.S. House of Representatives.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... Sacramento City College (Calif.) has been awarded $400,000 from the U.S. House of Representatives to reduce the national nursing shortage by recruiting and developing potential nursing students and encouraging under-represented and...

The United Negro College Fund (Va.) received a $15,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2005... The United Negro College Fund (Va.) received a $15,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation for operating support.

Events.(Calendar)
May 5, 2005... MAY May 18-21 2nd National Conference of Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution "Promoting Opportunities for Minorities in the Field of ADR" Capital University Law School Greater Columbus Convention Center Columbus,...

The adult learner: here to stay.(LAST WORD)
May 5, 2005... All too often, adult learning programs are marginalized, neglected and ultimately left out of a college or university's mission. And when these programs are fortunate enough to be included in an institution's mission, they are treated as...

Benchmarks and barriers.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
May 19, 2005... Eleven months ago, Cox, Matthews and Associates celebrated the 20th anniversary of Black Issues In Higher Education with a national conference and the inauguration of the John Hope Franklin Distinguished Contributor to Higher Education awards....

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 19, 2005... In the April 7th edition, the names of Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars Howah Hung and Shmmi Jindal (Men's Tennis) of New York University were spelled incorrectly. Black Issues regrets the errors.

BI-poll.(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... Following are the results from the April 21st edition's poll question posted on the Black Issue web site. Q: Educators seek to teach Black children to speak mainstream English, but do you believe Ebonics is unfairly stigmatized? ...

Senate committee approves plan to upgrade technology at minority-serving institutions.(WASHINGTON UPDATE)
May 19, 2005... In a move that may bode well for future enactment of the bill, a key Senate panel has approved a plan to upgrade the technology infrastructure at minority-serving colleges and universities. The action by the Senate Commerce Committee early...

Educators spar over Higher Education Act.(WASHINGTON update)
May 19, 2005... Is the Higher Education Act really making college more affordable? Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, who control the writing of a new version of the bill due this year, armed themselves with some testimony...

New Pell formula means less money for students.(washington update)
May 19, 2005... Students who are getting a reduced Pell Grant this upcoming academic year as a result of the Department of Education's updated formula will lose an average of $131--or so the Government Accountability Office estimates, based on the department's...

"Guiding DSU to the level of greatness," President claims: but a Delaware State alumni group issues 'no confidence' vote.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Delaware State University)(DSU Alumni Association's Committee to Advance Alumni Recommendations)
May 19, 2005... After nearly two years in office, the president of Delaware State University remains vigilant about making good on his promise to bring about bold and unprecedented faculty, administrative, financial and academic changes at the historically...

With a change of heart, Cole changes her mind: Bennett College president withdraws resignation following outpouring of support.(Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole)
May 19, 2005... An outpouring of support--in various forms--was all it took to change the mind of Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Bennett College, who had decided on April 27 to resign from the 132-year-old Black college for women. In a prepared...

Circulating hate: racist flyer sparks misunderstanding and anger at the University of Cincinnati.(noteworthy news)(National Alliance flyer)
May 19, 2005... When flyers appeared overnight on the campus of the University of Cincinnati saying avoiding sex with Blacks would help prevent AIDS, university administrators immediately leapt into action, scouring the campus to remove every remnant of the...

Savvy students impress judges at Ford HBCU Business Classic: Texas Southern University takes home grand prize.(noteworthy news)
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON The old adage that good things come to those who wait proved true for the team from Texas Southern University--the last of five from historically Black colleges and universities to present their business ventures to a panel of...

NAFEO members discuss challenges to student success.(National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education )
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON Financial obstacles pose the biggest challenge to student success, concluded educators and students at the 30th annual conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education last month. "The buying...

University of Maryland Virology Institute to open AIDS Research Center in Nigeria.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)
May 19, 2005... ANNAPOLIS, MD. The University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology (IHV) will open a research branch in Nigeria to help the populous African country battle an escalating AIDS epidemic. Nigeria, where nearly 5 percent of its 140...

Black student accused of threatening other minorities at Illinois University.(NOTEWORTHY NEWS)(Alicia Hardin)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... BANNOCKBURN, ILL. A Black college student who authorities say wanted to leave her college is accused of sending threatening letters to minorities on campus in hopes of convincing her parents the school wasn't safe. Alicia Hardin, 19,...

University of California admits record 50,000 in-state freshmen.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... BERKELEY, CALIF. Returning to its tradition of finding a place for all qualified residents, the University of California system has accepted a record 50,000 in-state freshmen for the fall semester. The numbers represent a 10 percent...

UNCF, Thurgood Marshall collaboration encourages teaching careers in math, science.(United Negro College Fund, Siemens Foundation, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund)
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund and the Siemens Foundation have collaborated to establish the Siemens Teacher Scholarships, aimed at encouraging minority students to pursue teaching careers...

Arkansas State chancellor elected AACC board chairman for 2006-2007.(noteworthy news)(American Association of Community Colleges)(Ed Coulter)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... BOSTON The American Association of Community Colleges, or AACC, selected its 2005-2006 chair-elect and six new members of the board of directors during its 85th annual convention, held in Boston last month. Dr. Ed Coulter, chancellor of...

AAUP survey: faculty salaries fail to keep pace with rate of inflation.(American Association of University Professors)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON For the first time in eight years, increases in college faculty salaries failed to keep up with inflation, according to a new survey. The 2.8 percent increase in average salaries this year exceeded last year's 2.1 percent...

Purdue withdraws recognition of Black fraternity until 2010.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. About 70 students marched from the Black Cultural Center to the provost's office at Purdue University last month to protest what they said was an undercurrent of racial bias at the school. Purdue University suspended a...

Howard Law School team defeats Harvard Law in moot court competition.(noteworthy news)
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON The Howard University Law School's moot court team took first place in the American Bar Association Mock Trial Competition, the first team representing a historically Black college or university to do so. Howard knocked off...

Study: Blacks are less likely to seek genetic counseling to assess cancer risk.(noteworthy news)
May 19, 2005... CHICAGO Black women with a family history of breast cancer are much less likely than Whites to get genetic counseling, in part because of the mistaken notion that the genetic form of the illness is a White woman's disease, researchers say....

Yale study: African-American women report more menopause symptoms than White women.(noteworthy news)
May 19, 2005... NEW HAVEN, CONN. A study of African-American women in menopause shows that while they experience many of the same symptoms as White women, they report more vasomotor symptoms such as dizziness and bloating, according to a study by a Yale...

Kenneth Clark (1914-2005): best known for research on the psychological effects of racial discrimination.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark, social psychologist, renowned educator and principal architect of the founding of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies as a resource for Black elected officials, died of cancer on May 1. He was 90. ...

Boston University creates scholarship program for Massachusetts community college students.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... BOSTON Boston University's Metropolitan College recently announced a new scholarship program for select graduates from five Massachusetts community colleges: Bunker Hill, Middlesex, Mass Bay, Roxbury, and Northern Essex. Starting this...

Boston museum honors newly appointed college presidents of color.(Museum of Afro-American History)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... BOSTON For the first time in the history of the Greater Boston region there are seven college presidents of color. At a recent reception, the Museum of Afro-American History recognized the accomplishments of these men and women, praised...

Spelman College survey reveals barriers, opportunities for women of color.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... ATLANTA A survey commissioned by Spelman College's Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement (LEADS) reveals that a majority of women of color (66 percent) strongly embrace the differences of women of other ethnicities, but are more likely...

Closing the achievement gap: who's going to take the weight? Scholars urge funding of school reform and community involvement, but say parents must take active role in children's education.(Cover Story)
May 19, 2005... Since the early 1990s, Dr. A. Wade Boykin, under the auspices of CRESPAR, a joint Howard University/John Hopkins University research collaboration, has worked with public school officials, teachers and students in Washington D.C., and Maryland...

The hip-hop discourse: coming to a campus near you.
May 19, 2005... Against the backdrop of magnificent hooks and hypnotic beats, tapper 50 Cent, whose "street cred" is cemented by his survival in spite of a reported nine gunshot blasts, boasts that he "is into havin' sex" but "ain't into makin' love." On...

Partners in name only? With the Department of Homeland Security awarding multimillion-dollar grants, minority-serving institutions are positioning themselves to lead, rather than just support majority institutions.
May 19, 2005... When Jackson State University officials and their collaborators assembled a proposal for a $12 million social and behavioral research center to combat terrorism, they hoped Federal officials would give a nod of approval to what they believed...

Deep roots in the wine business.(Interview)
May 19, 2005... An old proverb says "New friends are like new wine--when old, both can be drunk with pleasure." Ron Berry can certainly attest to the truth of the proverb. The only thing he might add is that, in his case, it's the wine that he's...

Sending large files without mucking up the works.(Personal Computing)
May 19, 2005... E-mail has never been a foolproof way of sending information, and lately it has gotten even hairier, with well-meaning but overzealous anti-spam filters often blocking even legitimate messages. If you're sending something crucial, it makes...

Grid records 100,000th computer and first college partner.(tech briefs)(World Community Grid)
May 19, 2005... ARMONK, N.Y. The World Community Grid has enlisted its 100,000th computer and its first university partner, Marist College, in the effort to find solutions to the most challenging scientific problems. The World Community Grid is...

Blog established for adult learners in higher education.(Educational Directories Unlimited Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... CHESTER, PA. Education for Adults.com, an online directory of nontraditional education programs for busy adults, has created an Internet blog with the goal of helping ease adult students back into the classroom. The Web site contains a...

Savings and investment Web site targets African Americans.(tech briefs)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... WASHINGTON The National Urban League and the Investment Company Institute Education Foundation have developed the Investing for Success program to inspire African Americans to become knowledgeable about investing for retirement and learn...

Diversity: in our international interest.(THE GLOBAL FORUM)
May 19, 2005... As globalization accelerates, an understanding and commitment to diversity is necessary for the future of this country. People have come to the United States from a myriad of cultures. They have come speaking hundreds of languages and many...

Seven recommendations for highly effective senior diversity officers.(BI FORUM)
May 19, 2005... The question for higher education is no longer "What should be in our plan for diversity?" but rather "How do we implement that plan successfully?" Many institutions are turning to senior diversity officers to lead campus diversity as it...

Southeast Missouri State University.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Rick Beasley as assistant to the president for equity and diversity issues)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... RICK BEASLEY has been named assistant to the president for equity and diversity issues at Southeast Missouri State University. Previously, he served as director of the Missouri Division of Workforce Development. Beasley earned a bachelor's from...

South Texas College of Law.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Helen Bishop Jenkins as vice president and associate dean)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... HELEN BISHOP JENKINS has been named vice president and associate dean of academic administration at South Texas College of Law in Houston. Jenkins received her bachelor's from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, a master's from Howard University...

St. Louis Community College's Forest Park.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Morris F. JOhnson III as president)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... MORRIS F. JOHNSON III has been named president of St. Louis Community College's Forest Park campus. Most recently he served as vice president for student development services at Phoenix College. Johnson earned a bachelor's from Dubuque...

Georgia Institute of Technology.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Gary May as chair for the school of electrical and computer engineering)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... DR. GARY MAY is the new Steve W. Chaddick chair for the school of electrical and computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Most recently, he served as executive assistant to the president at Georgia Tech. May earned a...

University of South Florida.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Jennifer Capeheart-Meningall as vice president for student affairs)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... DR. JENNIFER CAPEHEART-MENINGALL has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of South Florida. Previously she was vice president for student affairs at Austin Peay State University. She earned a bachelor's from Adelphi...

University of Illinois.(0N THE MOVE)(appointed Victor Mullins as associate dean of student affairs)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... DR. VICTOR MULLINS has been named associate dean of student affairs for the undergraduate college of business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a bachelor's from George Mason University, and both master's and doctoral...

California State University Northridge.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... California State University Northridge received a $499,728 grant from the U.S. Army to conduct research to improve military applications beneficial to national security.

Cleveland State University.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... Cleveland State University received a $4 million gift from the Parker Hannifin Corp. in support of student scholarships and building improvements. The gift is the largest corporate endowment the university has ever received, as well as the...

Georgia State University.(GRANTS & awards)(Brief Article)
May 19, 2005... Georgia State University received a $5 million gift from Atlanta business executive and philanthropist Parker H. "Pete" Petit, to launch the construction of a new science-teaching laboratory building on campus. Pending Georgia Board of...