Fanon Rucker wants to follow in his father’s footsteps. Rucker is a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge who announced Monday he’ll seek a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court and become what he said would be the second part of the first father-son Supreme Court justice team. Rucker, 40, of Roselawn, was elected to a [...]
Few Clues In Georgia Regents’ Merger Guidelines
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New guidelines for merging Georgia public colleges and universities are little comfort to those wanting to keep some institutions separate. Principles the Board of Regents adopted could affect Savannah’s universities. Regents want to merge schools to save money and improve education. via Few Clues In Regents Merger Guidelines.
Langston-Oklahoma City proposes new building; Capitol improvement panel considers
November 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Langston University’s plans to grow its Oklahoma City campus include construction of a new building on state-owned land in the 3600 to 3800 blocks of N Lincoln Boulevard. University officials unveiled the proposal last month to the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority, which owns the land. State officials are reviewing the plan. A decision on whether [...]
Georgia regents adopt guidelines to merge state colleges
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The board governing the state’s 35 public colleges and universities adopted six principles Tuesday for how it will decide which schools to merge. Chancellor Hank Huckaby announced in September he was looking to consolidate schools. He didn’t say how many or which ones, instead appointing a committee to come up with ideas. The Board of [...]
Study Prompts LSU System President to Call for Grambling-La Tech Merger
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A new LSU System report supports developing a stronger LSU at Shreveport rather than merging the college with Louisiana Tech University or any other institution. The preliminary report of the new LSU System Work Group on Organization and Collaboration coincides with a study funded by business leaders in the Shreveport area that is looking into [...]
UDC Lets Go Of Its Last Outside Lobbying Firm
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Roetzel & Andress this week became the third firm this year to notify Congress that it had stopped lobbying the federal government for the University of the District of Columbia, leaving Washington’s only public college without any outside federal lobbyists. The law firm ended its advocacy work for the university on Oct. 1 after two [...]
Shaw Hosts Former US Ambassador Edward Peck
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ambassador Edward Peck, retired, an expert on Middle East politics and diplomatic relations address a full house of faculty, students and staff Friday morning. His presentation, entitled “Neither Quick Nor Easy: Doing What’s Best for America, Israel, Palestine and the Middle East – An Effort to Provoke Thoughts – Not People,” was one of three [...]
Tennessee State Alum Reflects on Race and Remembering in Macon, Ga: A Generational Divide
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s been more than 50 years since Jim Crow segregation motivated thousands to take to the streets, fighting for their civil rights. And as the civil rights generation starts to hand over the reins to a new generation of young black leaders, some say the generation gap is creating a divide. Former two-term mayor C. [...]
Aggies get ‘Fired Up’ marching downtown
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Students gathered around the A&T Four statue in preparation for the march downtown to vote for the next city council at 2 p.m. on Oct 26. Although it was a fairly small crowd, students from A&T, Bennett College, and UNCG were in attendance. As students distributed voter registration forms and pins, two of the candidates, [...]
SC Governor Nikki Haley to speak at Claflin Founders’ Day Convocation
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will deliver the keynote address at the 142nd Claflin University Founders’ Day Convocation at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Jonas T. Kennedy Health and Physical Education Center. Prior to being elected governor, Haley represented Lexington County’s District 87 in the statehouse for six years. In 2005, she won the [...]
Albany State Presents Former Coca-Cola Executive Adrienne Johnson
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Fisk Jubilee Singers at the Annual African American Music Gala