A student rushes across the UNLV campus just before lunch with a mail-in ballot in hand, darting past the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and into the polling site at Lied Library.
The line stretches out the door, but the student patiently waits and does their civic duty by voting. The student was one of 1,068,977 Nevadans — 52.5% of active voters — who have already cast a ballot in today’s presidential election.
JD Mendez, an associate professor of chemistry at Indiana University Columbus, is no stranger to the transformative power of global experiences. Specializing in chitin — a naturally occurring biopolymer found in the shells of crustaceans, the exoskeletons of insects and the cell walls of fungi — Mendez also focuses on chemical education, particularly the ways 3D printing and gamification can enrich students’ understanding.
The Al Danos College of Business at Nicholls State University is expanding its MBA program to offer three new concentrations: Data Analytics, Human Resource Management, and Supply Chain Management. Applications for the new concentrations are now open for the spring 2025 semester.
Philander Smith University (PSU) proudly announces that Ms. Jamaica S. Hall, a senior psychology major, has been selected as a 2024 White HBCU Initiative Scholar. Each year, the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Development selects scholars from among the nation’s finest institutions. This program recognizes outstanding students and further empowers them with tools for excellence. Together, the students comprise the next generation of HBCU leaders who will boost educational excellence, innovation, and economic competitiveness.
Idaho State University is empowering student interns to discover and develop their unique talents through the CliftonStrengths workshops offered on campus. These workshops are designed to help participants identify their top strengths and learn strategies to turn them into professional and personal success.
The University of Louisville’s 2023-24 academic year kicked off with tremendous momentum as a record number of 3,130 first-year students enrolled in fall 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent from 2022, which had also set a record.
Hofstra students showcased their research and independent study projects for the campus community on topics ranging from antibiotic resistance to the impact of social media influencers as part Spring Undergraduate and Graduate Research days..
Eloris Speight, executive director of the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (SDFR) Policy Research Center at Alcorn State University, was presented with the George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award during the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC).