A play entitled “The Confirmation Hearing for the Secretary of Education” was performed Monday at Washington’s Arena Stage theater. The play featured about a dozen high school students and was part of a series of dramatic readings of congressional transcripts called “American Scorecard.”
This week’s top four featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board are from Georgia Institute of Technology, Elizabeth City State University and University of North Dakota. Positions are Dean, College of Computing; Dean, College of Sciences; Chancellor; and Dean of the School of Law.
Northwestern State University students are helping residents in North and South Carolina with clean up after Hurricane Florence. Dr. Curt Phifer, a biology professor at the University, is spearheading an effort to collect cleaning supplies and has asked campus groups to put together the supplies into buckets for donation.
For the first time in 44 years, University of Nebraska at Kearney campus police officers are carrying handguns. The police chief at the University, Jim Davis, said officer candidates are required to complete basic training, which takes 16 weeks, at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island.
The National Science Foundation has awarded its Foundation's ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to help its faculty of color in the STEM fields. As a result, new staff hiring is current underway in the STEM departments.
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This week’s top four featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board are from Southern Methodist University; University of Maryland, Baltimore; and University of Texas at El Paso. Positions are Assistant Professor of Dance (Jazz); Clinical Instructor, Assistant and Associate Faculty Positions; Assistant Professor- Finance; and Assistant Professor & Associate/Professor- Accounting.
Lehman College School of Arts & Humanities is presenting “Young Puerto Rican Filmmakers” on Thursday October 4. Held at the Studio Theater, the 75-minute program features a selection of short films and music videos directed by recent graduates and current students of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) Film Certificate program.
The Trump administration has pressured the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, regarding widespread starvation in Venezuela. In closed door meetings U.S. Treasury Department officials have distributed a list of companies that are suspected to be shell companies that they believe senior Venezuelan officials have used to siphon off millions of dollars from food import contracts.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is expanding the highly successful New York stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative. They will be deploying 500 more SUNY and CUNY student volunteers and launching a new disaster mental health initiative. SUNY and CUNY volunteers will be cleaning, repairing and restoring damaged homes.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was interviewed on Fox News, stating that he has never sexually assaulted anyone. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations today, as will Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. After speculation about whether or not his job was in jeopardy, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be having a meeting with Trump later in the week.
Seattle Mariners’ pitcher Felix Hernandez was among 74 people who became naturalized U.S. citizens at a ceremony on Monday. Originally from Venezuela, Hernandez said the strife in Venezuela is one of the reasons he became a U.S. citizen and that he would like to bring his parents to the United States.
The Library of Congress has named international superstars Emilio and Gloria Estefan as recipients of the Gershwin Prize for popular song. For the first time in history the award is honoring a married couple and musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent. The Estefans have been influential leaders infusing rich cultural diversity into the American musical experience.
The Motorola Solutions Foundation is gifting $90,000 to the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), enabling SWE to launch a global scholarship program to help advance the education of women pursuing careers in engineering. The donation is expected to fund 18 scholarships each valued at $5,000.
The top 4 featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s job board are from the University of Maryland, Baltimore; Western Washington University; Columbus State University; and Georgia Institute of Technology. The job positions are Clinical Instructor, Assistant and Associate Faculty Positions; Assistant Professor of Recreation; Dean, College of Arts; and Dean, College of Computing.
