Fisk gets $3M grant Nov 11, 2009
We are excited to receive this most recent award that will help us to expand knowledge in ways that encourage teamwork and opportunities for our graduate students, said Dr. Arnold Burger, professor of physics at Fisk University, who will serve as the new grant project s director. Grant funds will be dispersed over the next six years. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
SDSU Welcomes Point Loma Nazarene for Final Exhibition of 2009-10 Nov 9, 2009
The Sea Lions visit Montezuma Mesa after opening their season with an 84-54 win over Fisk University last Friday. More recently, PLNU dropped a heart-breaking 57-55 decision to Trevecca Nazarene University on Saturday. (Goaztecs.com)
Monica L. Meggett Oct 4, 2009
Born in Newark, N.J., she was a graduate of Lake Wales High School in 1987 and Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. in 1992. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Beyonce's dad to teach at TSU this fall Aug 22, 2009
He received an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, Fisk University, and is on the Board of Governors for the Recording Academy of Texas. Knowles graduated from Fisk University in 1974 with dual degrees a BA in Economics and a BS in Business Administration. (KHOU.com, TX)
AHA Board Elects John Bluford Chair-Elect Designate Jul 24, 2009
Bluford earned a master's of business administration from Northwestern University in Chicago and his bachelor's degree from Fisk University in Nashville. In addition, he attended Harvard University's Executive Program in Health System Management. (PR Newswire)
Court: O'Keeffe Museum has no right to Fisk University art Jul 16, 2009
By Travis Loller, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE The Museum may represent the painter's estate but has no right to an art collection she donated to , Tennessee's Court of Appeals has ruled. In the ruling filed Tuesday, the court said any right O'Keeffe had to most of the 101 works of art ended with her death. (USA Today -- Life)
Fisk University names new provost Jun 16, 2009
I am extraordinarily honored and humbled to become a part of the dynamic and energetic community which is Fisk University, Brown says in a news release. Brown will be responsible for academic programs and faculty, curriculum reallignment, institutional assessment and student life. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Awards and plans of CHS graduates Jun 16, 2009
Last modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:14 PM PDT. Anthony K. Ackah-Nyanzu: Principia College. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
50 years as bold pastor May 15, 2009
Bachelor of Arts from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. Married: In 1955, to Anne Ruth Wells. (Florida Today)
Election Day nears May 5, 2009
Hinton graduated from Fisk University with a degree in speech and drama, she also holds a master s in education from Howard University. She has been a visiting scholar of early childhood education at Brookhaven College and a counselor and adjunct instructor of study skills at Richland College. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Trio of local athletes will compete in NCAA regionals May 2, 2009
The 5-11 Douglas scored his 1,000th career point in a Nov. 25 game at Fisk University and ended his Bulldogs career with 1,173 points. Douglas averaged 10. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)
George Adams, 64; engineer helped save Capitol frescoes Apr 13, 2009
Together, they restored the Jules Guerin murals in the Lincoln Memorial, the Works Progress Administration paintings at the Departments of Justice and Interior, and murals at Fisk University in Nashville, for which they won a National Trust for Historic Preservation Award. The Capitol Brumidi project, though, was the biggest by far. (Boston Globe)
What Hank Aaron and Barack Obama have in common Apr 10, 2009
FBI agents watched over his daughter, Gaile, at Fisk University in Nashville, while police escorted his younger children to school in Atlanta. In a chase that should have been joyous, Hank Aaron risked his life each time he stepped into the batter's box. (Yahoo News)
UMass to post treasure trove of Du Bois documents online Apr 4, 2009
There are smaller Du Bois collections at Fisk University, a historically black university in Tennessee he attended, and Clark University Atlanta, Cox said. Du Bois taught at Atlanta University, as it was called before it merged with Clark College in 1988. (Boston Globe)
Franklin wrote African Americans into country’s historical narrative Apr 3, 2009
He studied at Fisk University, where he received a B.A. in 1935, and in 1941, earned his Ph ... He began his career as an instructor at Fisk University in 1936, and taught at St. Augustine s and North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University), both historically black colleges. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Obituary: John Hope Franklin Apr 3, 2009
And the warm evening when he went to buy ice cream in Macon, Mississippi a tall 19-year-old student from Fisk University, scholarly in his glasses only to find as he left the store that a semi-circle of white farmers had formed to block his exit, silently implying that he should not try to break through their line. Academia offered no shelter. (The Economist)
HBCUs struggle to get, keep, graduate black males Mar 29, 2009
Fisk University in Nashville has lost 11 percent of its enrollment since August. Another reason is preparation. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Heeding John Hope Franklin's education warning Mar 28, 2009
He said it reminded him of 1935, when he walked from his historically African-American Fisk University, to white Vanderbilt University to take a test for a graduate studies program at Harvard. "The professor at Vanderbilt literally threw the SAT at me," said Franklin, the historian who died this week at 94. (Boston Globe)
He left legacy in life of hope for civil rights Mar 28, 2009
Barred from attending the University of Oklahoma in his home state, Franklin attended the historically black Fisk University, and then earned master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, where he later taught. But even greater than the history he studied was the history he witnessed. (Honolulu Advertiser)
John Hope Franklin, at 94; scholar chronicled black Americans Mar 26, 2009
He received his bachelor of arts degree at Fisk University in Nashville. He had intended to emulate his father and practice law, but a teacher at Fisk urged him to pursue history and loaned him $500 when he was admitted to Harvard. (Boston Globe)
Duke historian John Hope Franklin dies Mar 26, 2009
Franklin attended historically black Fisk University, where he met Aurelia Whittington, who would be his wife, editor and rock for 58 years until her death in 1999. He planned to follow his father into law, but the lively lectures of a white professor, Ted Currier, convinced him history was his field. (MSNBC -- Race)
A scholar and creator of black history Mar 26, 2009
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to the Aurelia W. and John Hope Franklin Endowed Scholarship Fund at Fisk University, c/o Office of Institutional Advancement, 1000 17th Street North, Nashville, TN 37208. More Home. (News & Observer)
Volkswagen Group of America Contributes $5.28 Million to Educational Institutions in Tennessee Mar 21, 2009
The company's "Partners in Education" program includes funding for Fisk University, Hamilton County Public Schools, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee State University (TSU), The University of Memphis (U of M), The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga (UTC) and The University of Tennessee - Knoxville (UTK). The program will also leverage and support the Volkswagen Group's relationship with Chattanooga State Community College, the lead institution for workforce training at the... (PR Newswire)
James Palmer, 80, physician for '60s activists Feb 12, 2009
When his father died, the Fisk University undergrad helped his brother run the business for a year before he entered Meharry Medical College in Tennessee. He spent two years in the Air Force where he was the doctor assigned to a general who traveled the Far East, his wife said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In their own words Feb 8, 2009
Lewis was educated at the American Baptist Theological Seminary and at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee where he became active in the local sit-in movement. In 1961, Lewis joined SNCC in freedom rides. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging Feb 7, 2009
To create CLiPS, Case Western Reserve University partnered with the University of Texas at Austin, Fisk University, the University of Southern Mississippi and the Naval Research Laboratory. . (EurekAlert!)
