Tag: 378 (Higher Education)
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Dr. Gervan Fearon is being celebrated for his groundbreaking leadership journey as Canada honors the legacy of its first Black university president. The Black Manitobans Chamber of Commerce will host a special Emancipation Day Celebration recognizing Fearon’s achievements…
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Dr. Tatia Daniels Granger has been named Averett University’s 17th president, becoming the first Black president in the school’s 167-year history and bringing decades of higher education leadership.
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Alpha Phi Alpha opened the House of Alpha Leadership Institute in Ithaca, honoring its 1906 founding as the nation’s first Black fraternity and investing in future leaders.
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Alena Allen, the first Black and female dean of LSU Law School, is stepping down, citing racial and gender discrimination. She questions financial irregularities and calls out unequal treatment.
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Dr. Shakea Miller celebrates the first graduating class of 154 students at Alabama’s first Black woman-founded degree-granting college, marking a milestone in education.
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Thobile Ngcamphalala earns the first Master’s Distinction in Topology by a Black South African woman at Rhodes University. Her inspiring journey from extended curriculum to published researcher sets a powerful example.
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