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Transformative Gift of 40 Acres Allows Blackburn to Benefit from Vital Environmental Studies
Blackburn College has received a gift of 40 acres of farmland located east of the College’s campus in Carlinville, IL. The property, known to locals as “Rock’s Patch,” was initially… Read More
Waynesburg Graduate Counseling Program receives Staunton Farm Foundation Capacity Building Grant
The Graduate and Professional Studies Counseling Program at Waynesburg University was recently awarded a one-year grant totaling $25,000 from Staunton Farm Foundation. Staunton Farm Foundation believes in investing in a… Read More
Whitworth University Receives Lilly Endowment Inc. Grant to Support Formed in Faith Initiative
Whitworth University is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $1,249,957 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Formed in Faith project. Operated by the Whitworth Office… Read More
Agnes Scott College Receives $750,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation
Agnes Scott College has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. This grant will fund the “Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for A Transformed Future” project. Activities for… Read More
Rhodes College Receives $800K from Mellon Foundation to Establish Institute for Race and Social Transformation
Rhodes College is receiving an $800,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish the Institute for Race and Social Transformation (iRaST). The institute will serve as an intellectual hub for… Read More
Wooster launches global queer studies minor meeting student interest in growing field
Beginning fall 2023, The College of Wooster will offer a minor in global queer studies, part of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program (WGSS) and centering queer lives and… Read More
Dr. Anita Gustafson Named 20th President of Presbyterian College
The Presbyterian College Board of Trustees has named Anita Olson Gustafson, Ph.D., as the institution’s 20th president, effective Aug. 1, 2023. Gustafson is currently dean of the College of Liberal… Read More
Eckerd College’s new farm manager has worked this ground before
Wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, jeans, a T-shirt and hiking boots, she carefully steps between rows of newly planted okra seeds at the Eckerd College Community Farm, a 1-acre plot… Read More
Dr. Valerie Kinloch Named as 15th President of Johnson C. Smith
Johnson C. Smith University’s Board of Trustees has announced the selection of Dr. Valerie Kinloch as the university’s 15th president, effective Aug. 1, 2023. Kinloch is a graduate of Johnson… Read More
Monmouth Trip provides Once in a Lifetime Experiences
Once-in-a-lifetime experiences and new perspectives on business practices and cultures were among the highlights for 24 students who took a Monmouth College-sponsored study-abroad trip to New Zealand and Australia in… Read More