Dr. Jason Todd, Associate Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development
Janice Florent, Technology Coordinator
Highlights
99% of XULA faculty members have adopted the Brightspace platform, supporting high-quality remote learning experiences for students.
96% of teaching staff have achieved certification in the foundational capabilities of the Brightspace platform, empowering them to create new course content quickly.
The user-friendly platform has reduced the number of support requests from students and faculty, freeing XULA’s technology team to focus on enhancing the online experience.
Institution
As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional face-to-face teaching methods across the USA, Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) aimed to rapidly ramp up adoption of the Brightspace learning management system. By creating a targeted quick-start training course for its faculty members, XULA has boosted internal adoption of the Brightspace platform to
NBCUniversal News Group will invest $6.5 million over the next two years in NBCU Academy, a new multiplatform journalism training and development program for four-year university and community college students. The initiative includes $3.5 million in scholarships, the company, a division of Comcast, announced Thursday. The program includes on-campus and online training, hands-on instruction from
Dr. Aaron Mathews
Dr. Aaron Mathews of Xavier University of Louisiana will deliver a lecture/recital on African-American composers at Northwestern State University on Thursday, Jan. 28. He will speak to and play for Northwestern State students at 5 p.m. and the general public at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Louisiana Piano Series International. Admission to the 5 p.m. event is free. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. lecture/recital are $15. The audience is limited to 72 at each lecture/recital with masks and social distancing required.
Northwestern State Assistant Professor of Piano Dr. John Price and Associate Professor of Piano Dr. Francis Yang are co-directors of the of the Louisiana Piano Series International.
NBCUniversal partners with HBCUs to launch NBCU Academy
The company will invest $6.5M into the program
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NBCUniversal News Group says they are committed to diversity through a new initiative.
The media giant has created NBCU Academy, a new program that will help groom the next generation of journalists through hands-on training. The program will be available to students at several Historically Black colleges and universities.
Per a press release on Thursday obtained by
theGrio, the program will also be offered at institutions serving mostly students of color and will include scholarships and access to NBCU News Group Journalists around the world.
Florida International University in Miami
Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia
Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Miami Dade College in Miami
Morgan State University in Baltimore
North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in Orangeburg, South Carolina
City College of New York
University of North Texas in Denton
University of Texas at El Paso
Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans
The program will provide equipment and collaborate with professors to develop the courses.
Additionally, NBCU News Group journalists, executives and management from editorial and production teams across NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo News will participate as guest lecturers to provide real-world insight and mentorship, according to a statement.