The University of Illinois plans a vigil Tuesday to support the victims of two shootings on campus. Four people were injured in the shootings and one man, 22-year-old George Korchev of Mundelein, was killed. Police say the first shooting killed Korchev and injured three people outside a party on campus. None of the four was part of the disagreement or party.
The University of Louisville is holding a presidential debate watch party for millennials. The school says in a statement the watch party will begin at 8 p.m. Monday at Ekstrom Library's Chao Auditorium on the Belknap Campus. Millennial voters and the general public are invited to attend.
Norco College received notification this week of a renewal award for its National Center for Supply Chain Automation (SCA). The five-year $4 million award will allow Norco College’s SCA to continue its work and expand into 19 states with the greatest concentration of supply chain activity.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that author Maggie Nelson is among the 23 MacArthur Fellows for 2016. Chair of the Creative Writing Program in the School of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Nelson will receive a “genius award” of $620,000. Nelson received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
A university in Pennsylvania is allowing students and workers to use nicknames on some campus records, including student identification cards and emails, in an effort to better allow them to express their identities. The policy aims to support some international and transgender individuals, among others.
Yale’s endowment earned a 3.4% investment return for the year ending June 30, 2016. The endowment value declined from $25.6 billion on June 30, 2015, to $25.4 billion on June 30, 2016, net of spending that supports faculty salaries, student scholarships, and other expenses. Spending from the endowment for Yale’s 2017 fiscal year is projected to be $1.2 billion.
Enhancing Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at Cal State Fullerton for Hispanic Students (EPOCHS) was honored Wednesday by Excelencia in Education!, a national initiative to identify and promote evidenced-based programs and departments effectively boosting Latino enrollment, performance and education. EPOCHS creates a community that provides support and guidance so that students — including those who are underrrepresented and disadvantaged — can see their educational goals succeed.
Oregon State University’s distance education program has been named the nation’s best online college in terms of value by ValueColleges.com, an organization that provides in-depth analysis and rankings on affordability and quality in higher education. The rankings assess online bachelor’s programs based on tuition costs, reputability, and return on investment using data from the website Payscale.com.
Rice University bioengineer and global-health pioneer Rebecca Richards-Kortum has received a coveted MacArthur Fellowship. Richards-Kortum, the founder and director of Rice's award-winning Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, is the first Houston scientist, the first Houston woman and the first Rice faculty member to win the award.
Officials at the University of Massachusetts say enrollment at the school is projected to reach a record high this year of 74,678 students across the school's five campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell and Worcester. The school says student enrollment at UMass has risen almost 27 percent over the past decade.
Eight Cal State Fullerton graduate students are part of the 2016-17 class of California Pre-Doctoral Scholars. The California Pre-Doctoral Program is designed to increase the diversity of the pool of potential faculty members by supporting the doctoral aspirations of CSU students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages.
The University of Houston has advised students and staff on the main campus not to drink the discolored tap water as tests are done to determine the problem. City officials providing the water say the supply is safe for consumption, but the school says people on campus should avoid the tap water anyway, as a precaution, until the system can be flushed out.
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), Big Red soda has partnered with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) to support students pursuing a higher education. Big Red will grant five $1,000 Big Red ¡Avance! scholarships to assist students with the cost of higher education. Scholarships will be awarded for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Nebraska Methodist College has 1,088 students for the fall of 2016, an increase of 14 percent from two years prior. First-time first-year students have also increased by 40 percent. Factors that contributed to this growth include the advent of programs like the Master in Occupational Therapy and the debuted an MBA in Healthcare.
Dr. Mike Bogle, the Cedar Valley College music instructor, has been named a quarterfinalist for next year’s Grammy Music Educator Award. Bogle is one of 290 quarterfinalists from 264 cities across 41 states who have been recognized by the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation, which present the award.
