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The threats were directed towards Melanie Dixon, the first Black woman to lead the school. The Los Rios Community College District has filed a restraining order against the student and increased security on campus.
Barbara Coleman-Foster has been named the new Associate Vice President, Equity & Diversity for Seminole State College of Florida. Coleman-Foster has been with Seminole State for 19 years and most recently served as the director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL). Over the years, she developed and facilitated workshops, volunteered with the College Reach Out Program (CROP), and served as co-presenter of diversity training for the Seminole County Guardian Ad Litem program. In 2011, she was recognized as a “Champion for Change”.
Although only spending 3 years in college, Tionna has made a lasting change at the university and in the surrounding community.
Although only spending 3 years in college, Tionna has made a lasting change at the university and in the surrounding community.
Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd and promises made across the nation to combat racism, Black faculty and staff at Oregon State University are holding a panel to discuss what has happened in the intervening time and what that means for the country. "It's 2022. Do Black Lives Really Matter?" will be held on Zoom and with a limited in-person audience from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28. "I think Black folks have always been under a microscope, always had to deal with this issue of racism," said event organizer Dwaine Plaza, one of the panelists and a s...