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LeBlanc said earlier this year he expected the two naming task forces to finalize their recommendation this spring.
The Board of Trustees could announce whether they will rename the Marvin Center and the Colonials moniker and finalize the budget for the upcoming fiscal year at their open meeting Friday.
The Board’s committees have been meeting since early this month, but Friday’s open session with the full Board comes as the task forces studying the Marvin Center building name and Colonials moniker wrap up developing their recommendations. Friday’s meeting is the Board’s last scheduled open session before the conclusion of their routine review of University President Thomas LeBlanc.
AGB Search Recruits SVP of University Operations for Fairleigh Dickinson University
May 7, 2021 – As the pandemic begins to subside in the U.S. and organizations collectively begin to get back on their feet, colleges and universities across the country are opening searches that, if all goes to plan, will allow high-profile leaders to take them into a new era of fundraising, digitalization, sports and, increasingly the case, globalization – not to mention a pandemic and post-pandemic era. One national recruiting outfit, AGB Search, has become a magnet for such assignments. Most recently, the Washington, D.C.-based recruiter placed Robert Pignatello as the first senior vice president for university operations at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. (FDU). Consultant Robert Holyer led the assignment. Dr. Pignatello will begin at FDU on June 1.
The leaders of Maryland's historically Black universities say they will use a $577 million state settlement to pay for scholarships, help fund high-demand programs in STEM fields and free up financing for much-needed infrastructure repairs.
Maryland’s HBUs Target Wealth Gap With $577 Million
The state’s four historically Black universities will plan to use the money to increase funding for STEM and certificate programs in an effort to close the wealth gap between Black graduates and other races.
May 05, 2021 • (TNS) The presidents of Maryland’s four historically Black universities Morgan State, Coppin State, Bowie State and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore are crafting plans for the $577 million in extra funding coming from the state in the next decade. The money, they say, will pay for scholarships, help fund high-demand programs in STEM fields and free up financing for much-needed infrastructure repairs.
Maryland’s $577M for HBCUs Will Go Toward STEM Programs
Settling a lawsuit from 2006, the additional state funding for historically Black colleges and universities will go toward scholarships, high-demand STEM degree programs and infrastructure over the next decade.
May 05, 2021 • (TNS) The presidents of Maryland’s four historically Black universities Morgan State, Coppin State, Bowie State and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore are crafting plans for the $577 million in extra funding coming from the state in the next decade. The money, they say, will pay for scholarships, help fund high-demand programs in STEM fields and free up financing for much-needed infrastructure repairs.