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Paraguayan Student Earns Ohio Wesleyan’s First Rutherford B. Hayes Scholarship

By Sarah Tate Photo: Getty Images Tennessee might be most known for its music scene, but plenty of funny people come from the Volunteer State. After all, every comedian has to get their start somewhere. Here's a list of some of the famous comedians who have called Tennessee home. Mo Alexander Mo Alexander was born and raised in Memphis and has been headlining on stages since the '90s. He has worked with several famous comedians throughout his career, including Keenen Ivory Wayans and Hart of the City: Memphis Edition in 2017. Nate Bargatze Nate Bargatze is a comedian and actor from Old ...

Coulter Partners Announces New Appointments in London, the U.S. and Germany (March 2021) Global Life Sciences executive search specialist, Coulter Partners is delighted to announce continuing growth across the company in 2021. The London team expands with new Associates, Lucy Webb and Ana Delgado, Research Analysts, Jacob Taylor and Liam Fryer, and Director, Carina McEntire. In the US, Ayn Teigman is appointed Associate in New York and Irlanda Almendarez joins as Senior Research Associate in California. In Frankfurt, the team is strengthened with Sonia Keim, Associate and Katja Färber, Seni...

INA'S INSIGHTS: A look at the United States election of 1876 Ina Michele Resnikoff / Columnist The Boston Globe’s columnist, Jeff Jacoby, is an excellent writer but generally much too conservative for me.  On Valentine’s Day, he published a heartwarming article about our 19th president , Rutherford Hayes. I like to think that as a student of American history, I know enough about the past to inform my current analyses of the events and ideas that shape our todays. But ….  Jacoby really got me thinking.  The basic decency and quiet courage of President Hayes in his stands on h...

When Rutherford B. Hayes died in 1893, tributes to the 19th president poured in from across the political and social spectrum. Among them was a letter from a youthful black scholar doing graduate work in Berlin, studies that were subsidized by the Slater Fund, an endowment created to promote the education of African Americans. Hayes, one of the fund’s original trustees, had been impressed by the student and persuaded the other trustees to provide financial support. That young scholar was W.E.B. Du Bois, then unknown but soon to become one of the most renowned intellectuals of the early 2...