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KIM DAVIS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Kim Davis Kim Davis has been named dean of arts & humanities at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md. She served as the associate dean of communication, arts and humanities at Oakland Community College in Michigan. Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rutgers University and a master's and Ph.D. in English from Wayne State University.

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EDUCAUSE 2022: Sessions Highlight Cybersecurity, Digital Learning and More

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education IT professionals are heading to Denver for the 2022 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, the organization’s first in-person conference since 2019. This year, attendees have the option to attend in person or virtually. Held Oct. 25-28 at the Colorado Convention Center and online Nov. 2-3, EDUCAUSE will feature programming on higher education IT issues and offer opportunities to see innovative technology at work.

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Valarie Greene King

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the University of Central Florida (UCF) struggled to diversify its predominately White student and faculty demographics, it turned Dr. Valarie Greene King, an Army-trained clinical psychologist, to help drive the diversity agenda. That was 20 years ago and she’s never looked back. King, who was a UCF counselor, is the founding director of the university’s Office of Diversity Initiatives.

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Faces of PUC: Spencer Gibb 

PUC

Metta Spencer Fitzgerald Gibb is a biology student who dreams to be a professor at a medical school. Spencer is passionate about soccer and his favorite thing about being a part of the Pioneers family is being on the soccer team. What is your dream job?

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Scholar Looks to Ease the Burden of Racial Opportunity Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before she earned a masters and a Ph.D., before she became a full professor and a dean, before she published the book that sums up her life's work and her life experience, Terah Venzant Chambers was shaking in a pew. It was Convocation Day at Carleton College in Minnesota, and Chambers, then a freshman, gazed around Skinner Memorial Chapel, with its high stone walls and stained-glass windows.

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Gov. Cox to propose ‘across the board’ tuition freeze for higher education

University Business

It’s no secret that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox isn’t a fan of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. Cox, in September, joined nearly half of governors across the nation in signing a letter denouncing the president’s student loan forgiveness plan and asking for it to be withdrawn. During his monthly news conference on Thursday , Cox again spoke out against the plan.

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MSU Denver Aims to Improve Diversity in Cybersecurity Field

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) is attempting to bolster diversity in the cybersecurity field through multiple different programs and initiatives. Dr. Janine Davidson MSU Denver houses its own Cybersecurity Center and offers cybersecurity as a major, said MSU Denver President Dr. Janine Davidson. And cybersecurity company Atos has a Security Operations Center on campus and has hired students even before graduation, according to the school.

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ADRIENNE MORGAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Adrienne Morgan Adrienne Morgan has been appointed interim vice president for equity and inclusion and the Richard Feldman Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Rochester in New York. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master’s in cross-disciplinary professional studies from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Rochester.

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Body of missing Princeton University student has been found

University Business

The body of missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found on campus Thursday, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said. Her body was found at about 1 p.m. on the facilities grounds, behind tennis courts, according to a statement from Mercer County prosecutor Angelo Onofri and Kenneth Strother Jr., the school’s assistance vice president for public safety.

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JULIANNA M. ASPERIN BARNES

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julianna M. Asperin Barnes Julianna M. Asperin Barnes has been named the new chancellor for the South Orange County Community College District. Barnes served as president of Cuyamaca College. She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of California, San Diego, as well as a master’s in education/multicultural counseling and a Doctor of Education in educational leadership, both from San Diego State University.