December 2020

December 31, 2020 | : Washburn University will name a new plaza outside its new law school building after former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, with the Washburn University Alumni Association and Foundation announcing that a $1 million matching gift challenge had been completed, WIBW reported. Former Sen. Bob Dole Mark and Lisa Heitz created the […]

December 31, 2020 | : Wayne County Community College District will cut their tuition in half across all academic and career programs for students who register between Jan. 1 and Jan. 19, 2021 for the spring semester, according to a WCCCD press release. Wayne County Community College District This comes as part of the “New

December 31, 2020 | : The University of Maryland is naming two new residence halls after four students who were trailblazers in helping bring diversity to campus, WJLA reported. The halls will be named after Hiram Whittle, the first African American male to be admitted to the university in 1951; Elaine Johnson Coates, the first

As Congress’s stimulus package heads to the president’s desk for signing, the legislation has major implications for students in prison. Notably, the bill pushed forward on Dec. 21 moves to end a 26-year ban on Pell grants for incarcerated students, a major victory for students and their advocates after years of activism. The reversal “will

December 31, 2020 | : Michigan State University has launched a record database of enslaved Africans and descendants affected by the North Atlantic Slave Trade, WDET reported. Dr. Walter Hawthorne Enslaved.org – launched in December – has “archives, museums and family histories that are uniquely linked together,” WDET reported. “The interesting thing about enslaved.org is

December 30, 2020 | : Indigenous scholars are celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior. A Democratic Congresswoman from New Mexico, Haaland would be the first Native American to serve in the position. “It’s profound to think about the history of this country’s policies to exterminate Native

December 22, 2020 | : The nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona — a former elementary school teacher and principal — to be the next U.S. secretary of education is winning widespread support among scholars and educational leaders. Dr. Miguel Cardona Cardona — who currently serves as commissioner of education for the state of Connecticut —

December 22, 2020 | : Founded in 1838, the all-women’s Judson College has weathered multiple wars, The Great Depression, two fires and several recessions — but 2020 may have been too much. Students at Judson College In mid-December, Judson President W. Mark Tew sent an email to alumnae, explaining that the Alabama school would be