Paul Quinn College to host HBCU Town Hall

Paul Quinn College will be the first school to host a town hall meeting with Dr. John Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  The town hall will take place this Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in the Grand Lounge of the Cottrell Student Union Building beginning at 7 p.m. Continue reading

University of Texas may change dorm name that honors Klansman

A University of Texas at Austin student dormitory named after a man prominent in the Ku Klux Klan in the 1800s may soon have its name changed, university officials said.

University President William Powers Jr. will ask the university system’s board of regents to rename Simkins Residence Hall, following a recommendation by a 21-member advisory group, according to a press release from the university. Continue reading