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Dr. Levon Esters Appointed Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Penn State

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Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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Postgraduate Education Leaders Release Recommendations on Strengthening Graduate Education Mentorship After Summit

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Postgraduate education leaders from 14 countries released recommendations to strengthen graduate education mentorship at the 2022 Strategic Leaders Global Summit. Ortega The summit – co-hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and financially supported by ETS – took place Nov. Dr. Suzanne T.

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Morgan State University Wins 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education

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Morgan State University, a Historically Black university in Baltimore, has been awarded the 2022 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion from The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ETS.

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ChatGPT and AI in post-graduate education

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In this post, Jane McKie, Stuart King and Lynda Clark from the Edinburgh Futures Institute↗️, share practical considerations and the ways in which they have explored using text generation software, such as ChatGPT in their teaching context.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

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Some of his previous roles include dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University; vice dean for interdisciplinary programs and graduate education at Johns Hopkins University; and founding director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins.

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Stony Brook University Receives $700,000 to Address Shortage of Diverse and Prepared K-12 Leaders

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The grant – from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to Stony Brook’s Educational Leadership program – will help teachers from underrepresented groups enroll graduate education to prepare for leadership roles; will fund professional development for school leaders; and will support research to improve understanding of challenges and strategies. (..)

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

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Helena Mariella-Walrond, professor of education at Bethune-Cookman University – both principal investigators (PIs) at HBCUs – also spoke about their respective research and funding opportunities from the NSF. Meanwhile, Kalantarians advised researchers to find topics students are interested in.

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