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Dr. Corey D. B. Walker Appointed Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D.

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Grinnell College to Launch African Diaspora Studies Department

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Grinnell College is launching a Department of African Diaspora Studies. The department will be led by a senior-level endowed chair who will design the curriculum and major. There are also plans for two additional tenure-track faculty lines, said Dr. Beronda Montgomery, Grinnell dean and vice president of academic affairs. “I

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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

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Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Jones also served as a visiting professor in the departments of Women’s and Gender Studies and English at Emory University. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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A dean and her son experience community college (opinion)

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Years later, I am amazed by the community college and department I serve. You should tell the English department to try it.” Benton is dean of English and reading at Montgomery College, in Maryland, and an adjunct faculty member in George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

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Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Penn’s Department of Biology in 1997 after a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University. Serving that ideal, and serving Earlham’s students and faculty, is why I am so excited to become part of the community.”

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

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The funding from this grant will enable students at these two universities to pursue an undergraduate education in food, agricultural, human sciences and related programs without the stress of tuition coverage,” saidLyon- Bennett, assistant dean for academics for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences.

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Scholar Who Creates Inclusive Spaces - Dr. Melva Treviño Peña

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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people.