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The American Council on Education has announced its selection for the 2024 ACE Donna Shavlik Award. Marjorie Hass “I am deeply honored to be recognized by ACE,” said Hass. ACE plans to present the award during its 2024 ACE Women’s Leadership Dinner on March 20 in Washington, DC.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Pardis Mahdavi For this alliance officials deemed transformative, the university plans to extend its educational offerings to A2MEND students, advisors, and mentors through the introduction of the Partnership Award. Award amounts will vary depending on program and incoming student status.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

leaders awarded by the bank for working to strengthen social equality and economic opportunity. “It It is an honor to be recognized along with other activists who build community and opportunity through race and equity work,” Crazy Bull said. Crazy Bull chose The American Indian College Fund.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Award recipients are selected, in part, based on recommendations made by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to the Reginaldo Howard Scholarship Advisory Council. The merit scholarship, established in 1979, is named after the first African American President of the Associated Students of Duke University.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received high honors from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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MARCH 4, 2024

The American Council on Education (ACE) has announced winners of the 2024 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation. The award for institutional transformation was established in 2014. Both institutions exemplify how our members use critical thinking and creativity to serve all learners,” said Mitchell.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Surprise, shock, honor. As part of the honor, the 20 fellows – selected and recognized for their groundbreak work and potential – will each receive an $800,000 ‘genius grant,’ issued quarterly over five years. It is understandable that many of the fellows found themselves caught off-guard by the award. and Catherine T.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has once again recognized that ongoing work, naming UMSL one of 103 recipients of the prestigious 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. The national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It’s an honor to join with Laker Nation’s faculty and staff to help cement its reputation as one of the best state universities in Georgia. It’s been an honor to be a part of their journey toward success.” I’m also incredibly grateful for the students, faculty and staff of AMSC.

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MARCH 29, 2023

The New York Knicks partnered with Verizon to honor historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) Mar. 27 Knicks game Bri Butler was awarded on the court Monday night, during the Knicks’s game against the Houston Rockets in Madison Square Garden. Bri Butler getting surprised during the Mar.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Paxson received the 2023 TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. I am honored to receive this award celebrating the legacy of Father Hesburgh and his commitment to education and service," Paxson said. Brown University President Dr. Christina H.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education has announced its 2024 AAHHE Mildred Garcia Founders' Award recipient, Dr. David A.

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APRIL 11, 2023

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the 15 winners of its 2023 awards for excellence in education research. We are honored to present this year’s awards to an excellent and deserving group of scholars,” said AERA Executive Director Dr. Felice J. Dr. Felice J. 15, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Among his football honors, Robinson was named All-SEC and AP SEC First Team in 2023 and was twice recognized as SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week. In 2022 and 2023, Robinson was named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. The Columbia branch of the NAACP recognized him with the appreciation award for community service.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. The award recognizes graduate students demonstrating exemplary promise as future higher education leaders and committed to academic innovation in equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning. Graduate students in fields where the master’s degree is the terminal degree are also eligible.

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MAY 8, 2023

Biden will also be awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters from the institution. “It is an honor and privilege to welcome President Biden to deliver the 2023 commencement address and celebrate the graduating Class of 2023,” said Dr. Wayne A.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Boykin has recently been awarded the Higher Education Leadership Foundation’s (HELF) 2022 Vanguard Award and inducted into its Sankofa Hall of Leadership.

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APRIL 11, 2024

PUC had nine films play in the festival, with three winning awards: Rajeev Sigamoney, PUC’s visual arts department chair, was presented with the Sonscreen Vision Award. He kindly shared about accepting the Vision Award and this year’s festival. You were given the Sonscreen Vision Award.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Over the weekend, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) for their efforts in upholding democracy and guiding progress for Black Americans.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Nooks was awarded the 2023 Chief Executive Leadership Award at the CASE District III Annual Conference. Nooks “I’m honored to have been chosen as the recipient of this prestigious award. Gordon State College (GSC) President Dr. Kirk A. Dr. Kirk A.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

million, half as a personal award and half to scale up their work. The award recognizes their innovative solutions which help learners reach their full potential, by advancing the quality of teaching and learning and breaking down barriers to higher education globally. Recipients of the prize receive $3.9

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MAY 21, 2023

We are honored to receive this investment that will build upon Ohio State’s excellent women’s health research and care." Sally Soter and her family care deeply about Ohio State, having been generous donors and volunteers for many years," Dr. John J.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

I am humbled and honored to accept the position of chancellor and to advance Governor Kathy Hochul’s vision to make SUNY the best statewide system of public higher education in our nation,’" King said. He is highly lauded in his field, with awards such as the Ann S. Kheel Award from the New York Urban League; the Eugene M.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Lowery Scholarship; and the Robert (Bob) Moses Scholarship, named in honor of the late civil rights activist and member of the 1960s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Lowery Scholarship – in honor of the late Dr. Lillian M. Green Scholarship; the Dr. Lillian M. The $15,000 Dr. Lillian M.

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JULY 26, 2023

Eighteen students from across the nation were awarded scholarships by ETS at its annual scholarship reception on the ETS campus in Princeton, N.J. The event – organized by the ETS Center for Advocacy & Philanthropy (CAAP) – celebrated, honored, and recognized the students’ tenacity, academic achievements, and commitment to service.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist who recently retired as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), was honored with a Dr. John Hope Franklin Award last Friday night by Diverse. The presentation took place during the annual meeting of American Council of Education (ACE). Dr. Freeman A. Congratulations.”

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Eanes currently serves as president of York College, City University of New York. “I am honored to join this outstanding university and its vibrant and diverse campus community,” Eanes said. "I Berencea Johnson Eanes has been named the next president of California State University, Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Vassar College President Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bradley has been awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School’s highest alumni honor. Bradley was commended for her scholarly work in public health and her commitment to the health and well-being of local and global communities.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Rashad has done award-winning work in the performing arts, and has experience in theater, television, film, and fine arts administration. Rashad became the first Black actress to win a Tony Award for best actress in a play in 2004 for playing Lena Younger in a revival of “A Raisin in the Sun.”

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“We know that more diverse research teams tend to generate more robust solutions, and our hope is that the collaborations formed through this program go on to yield joint proposals, publications, and other projects that far outlast the term of the original award.” The projects will launch this year.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

As Dr. Martin Luther King Day approaches this year, colleges and universities across the nation are gearing up once again to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. And at King’s own alma mater, Morehouse College , much will be done to honor him as well.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2003. He will teach and give guest lectures at the law school, the Honors College, and the College of Arts and Sciences. While serving as governor, Beasley advocated for the removal of the Confederate flag from the State House dome. His efforts earned him the John F.

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JULY 24, 2023

Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing students, recently honored the 24 Black deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes, which operated on the school campus from 1952-1954. The four Black teachers also honored were Mary Britts, Rubye Frye, Robert Robinson, and Bessie Thornton.

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“A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown.” Therefore, a system that is built on white supremacy and anti-black racism, at the core, does not have the capacity to honor the brilliance and humanity of Black scholars. Never question your genius, your humanity, your intelligence, your beauty, Never question it.”

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APRIL 7, 2023

Nicole Burkett The $2,500 award is in honor of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight” – a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) regiment of 855 women, primarily Black but some Hispanic, who deployed during WWII to sort and route millions of pieces of unprocessed mail the Army could not get to front-line troops.

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JULY 3, 2023

I am honored that the board has chosen me to be this university’s next leader, and I am excited to begin charting the journey we will all take together to continue to create and advance knowledge for our community and our world.” In 2022, Espy was a San Antonio Business Journal Women’s Leadership Award winner.

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APRIL 10, 2024

His research has been supported by the Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and NASA; he is a co-author on nearly 70 peer-reviewed and other scientific papers, has mentored dozens of graduate, undergraduate, and high school students, and is an award-winning teacher.

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