November 2020

November 25, 2020 | : Texas A&M University President Dr. Michael K. Young will be stepping down Dec. 31, 2020, KBTX reported. Michael K. Young “During [Young’s] tenure, the university increased research expenditures nearly 13%, to almost $1 billion a year; concluded a $4 billion Lead by Example fundraising campaign; and experienced a rise in […]

JOHN DABIRI has been appointed the Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). A past faculty member at Stanford, Dabiri holds a bachelor’s in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University as well as a master’s in aeronautics and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from Caltech.

November 25, 2020 | : BRUCE A. JOHNSON has been appointed dean of mathematics and sciences at Central Piedmont Community College. Associate dean of STEM at the college, he was previously dean of curriculum programs at Roanoke-Chowan Community College. Johnson holds a bachelor’s in mathematics from Central State University, a master’s in applied mathematics from

November 23, 2020 | : Dr. Lena Hill, dean of Washington and Lee University’s (W&L) College of Arts and Sciences since July 2018, has been selected as the school’s new provost, effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Lena Hill “I enjoy my work as a dean,” Hill said. “But I thought that it would be interesting

November 23, 2020 | : The Student Freedom Initiative — a nonprofit that helps students at minority-serving institutions circumnavigate student debt and loans — has announced a partnership with nine historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that will provide eligible students with an income-contingent alternative to high-cost college loans. Additionally, the partnership will offer paid

November 23, 2020 | : Thomas K. Hudson, who had been filling in as interim president of Jackson State University following the ouster of its last president, Dr. William Bynum Jr., has been named the school’s permanent president. Thomas K. Hudson The decision was made late last week following the approval of the board that