SECTOR NEWS
Southern Students Required to Submit COVID-19 Test Result Prior to Move-In Day
All Southern University students planning to live on-campus for the Spring 2021 semester must show a recent negative COVID-19 test result, prior to move-in day on Jan. 19. (Courtesy: BRProud.com)
Ronnie Hopkins Named Voorhees Interim President
Dr. Ronnie Hopkins recently assumed the role of interim president of Voorhees College while the board searches for the institution’s tenth president.
Before serving as interim president, Hopkins served as the institution’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, accreditation liaison, and is a tenured professor of English. (Courtesy: Voorhees.edu)
Bethune-Cookman Faculty Receive $1 Million Grant to Research, Support Sustainability of Local Churches
Church attendance is waning, but two Bethune-Cookman University professors aren’t ready to concede the collapse of faith from American life.
The Rev. David Allen, assistant dean in the School of Religion, and his colleague, associate professor Alice Wood, have received a $1 million Lilly Grant to establish a program that will assist 25 small churches of different demographics and denominations in the Volusia County area. (Courtesy: Daytona Beach News-Journal)
Wilberforce to Become Apple Coding Hub
Wilberforce University announced Monday that it will become a coding center as part of Apple’s Community Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 Initiative. (Courtesy: Dayton Daily News)
INDUSTRY NEWS
Higher Ed Reacts With Shock and Condemnation as Trump Incites Mob to Terrorize U.S. Capitol (chronicle.com)
More universities planning to drop lectures after pandemic (timeshighereducation.com)
Colleges prepare to shed assets, exit space as Covid’s long-term effects take hold (bizjournals.com)
Lawmakers Push Bill to Expand Polling Place Access at Colleges, Military Bases (marylandmatters.org)
‘Losing A Generation’: Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students (npr.org)
