A judge ordered last week that Fisk University’s efforts to sell a valuable art collection to maintain solid economic standing were not within the agreement between the school and the donating artist, Georgia O’Keeffe. The court found that Fisk’s troubled finances would not allow for proper care of the Steiglitz Collection, but should not allow for [...]
Political/cultural blogger Leah Barlow is a student at Hampton University. You can read more of her work at Carmalized. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently ran an article on a two-day symposium held at NC Central University. The symposium was meant to facilitate, quote, ”a major transformation in how the American public, and especially high-performing potential [...]
Delaware state Senator Thomas R. Carper yesterday presented Delaware State University with a $400,000 grant to provide assistance and outreach to minority farmers in the state. The grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and awarded to the university’s Cooperative Extension, will provide assistance to about 30 black farmers in the region with marketing [...]
Grambling State University yesterday announced a number of cost-cutting measures that will save the university $10 million over the next two fiscal years. Included in the plan are furloughs, layoffs and academic adjustments designed to make up for reduced aid from the state and exhausted stimulus funds. From the Monroe News-Star: In addition, GSU officials [...]
Fisk University made no secret of its financial straits during opening arguments of a trial that will determine if the school may sell a valuable art collection bequeathed to it by famous artist Georgia O’Keefe. The university says that a unique deal structured with the potential buyer of the Stieglitz Collection allows the school to [...]
A special meeting of the Delaware Senate’s Higher Education committee yesterday approved the creation of a unique scholarship program for incoming freshmen to Delaware State University. The “Inspire” scholarship program will grant full tuition to qualifying in-state students, and will be funded with more than $800,000 allotted to DSU through the federal stimulus package. From [...]
A trial begins in Nashville today that could possibly decide the financial fate of Fisk University, as the school seeks permission to sell a valuable art collection for proceeds that it hopes will buoy its operations. Fisk is looking to sell a 50 percent stake in a collection created and bequeathed by Georgia O’Keefe to [...]
The estate of former Washington D.C. Councilwoman and Saint Paul’s College alumnus Hilda Mason has bequeathed a $1.4 million endowment to the college; the largest in the school’s history. The gift will be used to general scholarships at the university. From the Afro-American Newspaper: “My mother was determined, compassionate, and a fighter for all people,” [...]
Dr. Karl Wright, the newly-installed provost of the University of the Virgin Islands, is leading a public charge for the institution to embrace programs and training opportunities that will bolster the future economic growth of the regional economy. Tourism and engineering are two of the critical additions being eyed by the Jamaica native, but Dr. [...]
Morehouse College junior Seth Fowler recently revisited his home town of Los Angeles to promote reading and learning at the newly-opened Student Learning Center at 75th Street School. But the business administration and Spanish double-major isn’t just an ordinary volunteer; he is also an author and publisher of his own children’s book, ‘Cory the Popcorn’s [...]
