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Articles in June 12, 2008 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• A great way to be remembered
  by Laney Hoxter
• American University
• Cornell College has received a $500,000 gift from alumni Dick and Beth Brubaker to bolster the college's endowment fund
• Preparing students for the job hunt students need help before going to the help wanted ads
  by Reginald Stuart
• The lawyer from Lafayette: Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Norman Francis, celebrates 40 years at the helm of one of the nation's top HBCUs
  by Ernest Holsendolph
• Colorado State University-Pueblo
• Texas Women's University has received a $750,000 grant from the Jane and John Justin Foundation
• Inspiring native students to pursue stem
  by Virginia "Sweeney" Hullinger
• Berkeley College
• The Community College of Baltimore County has received a $30,000 grant as part of the MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award
• Diverse calendar
• 'Creating an atmosphere of acceptance': when it comes to learning disabilities, minority students are often misdiagnosed
  by Paul Ruffins
• University of Southern California
• Saint Vincent College has received a $7 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation
• Enlightening students on the discriminations of the past: "majority Latino South Texas town abolishes decades-old segregation" May 14, 2008 www.diverseeducation.com
  by Marco Portales
• Houston Baptist University
• Lehigh University has received a $34.2 million gift for scholarships from the estate of alumnus Donald Stabler, who passed away in 1997
• Rallying for funds
  by Patricia Pennant
• Top 100 undergraduate degree producers: interpreting the data
  by Victor M.H. Borden
• Colorado State University has received a $3.1 million gift from the Monfort Family Foundation
• The University of Virginia's Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life has received a $250,000 matching grant for its capital campaign
• Upping the numbers: outreach efforts at The Ohio State University result in the increased retention of Black male students
  by Dana Forde
• Winston-Salem State University
• Purdue University has received from Engineered Software Inc. $25,000 worth of software licenses and technical support
• It's all about degrees conferred
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• A tribal college with an 'edge': created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma
  by Mary Annette Pember
• University of Maryland
• The University of Missouri-Columbia has received a $1.84 million grant from the National Institutes of Health
• Getting to know Jamie Merisotis
  by Ronald Roach
• Spelman College
• North Carolina A&T State University has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for the school's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Arts and Sciences
• Feds fund three types of minority-serving institutions: under new education department programs, money for eligible colleges and universities is up for grabs
  by Charles Dervarics
• Chicago Theological Seminary
• North Carolina Central University has received a gift of $25,000 as part of a settlement that attorney and NCCU alum Richard Gusler reached between the legendary rock band "The Eagles" and gubernatorial candidate Richard Moore