All Entries Tagged With: "Dillard University"
In Memoriam: Barbara Guillory Thompson, 1936-2015
Barbara Guillory Thompson was the first African American women student to live in a dormitory on the Louisiana State University campus. Dr. Thompson later served on the Dillard University faculty for 42 years.
Prestigious Honors for Two Women Academics From the South
Kiki Baker Barnes of Dillard University was chosen as the 2015 Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Directors and Lawanda Cummings of Paine College was honored for her research by the Southeastern Psychological Association.
Louisiana State University Professor Wins a National Award for Her Book on the History of Black Journalists
Jinx Coleman Broussard, a professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, received the History Division Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are: Nancy L. Jones, Melissa Sanders, Venessa Funches, Joanna Young, Kenyatta Tatum Futterman, Zella Palmer, Linda Allen, Patricia M. Alvarez McHatton, Valerie Day, Nina King, Angela Simmons, Lisa Liseno, Loretta A. Moore, and Erinn Barcomb-Peterson.
A Changing of the Guard at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania
Michelle R. Howard-Vital, the 11th president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, has announced she will retire on July 31. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs for less than one year, has been named acting president.
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins Named Provost at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Dawkins was provost, senior vice president for academic affairs, and professor of education at Dillard University in New Orleans. Earlier she held several positions at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)
The granddaughter of slaves, from 1959 to her retirement in 1975, she chaired the sculpture department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Coca-Cola Supports Scholarships for Women at HBCUs in Louisiana
Five historically black universities in Louisiana are sharing a $125,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation to support scholarship programs for women.
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
• Susan L. Gibbons was named university librarian at Yale, effective July 1. She is currently vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of Rochester. Gibbons is a 1992 graduate of the University of Delaware. She holds master’s degrees in library science and history from Indiana University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, […]
