UWI faces huge funding shortfall

Wakanda News Details

UWI faces huge funding shortfall

The finances of The University of the West Indies, Mona, are in jeopardy, a state of affairs which chairman of the campus council, Earl Jarrett, admitted is threatening the viability of the largest university in Jamaica.

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

You may also like

Republican Talking Head Compares Obama HBCU Speech To 'Political Drive-By Shooting'

Republican Talking Head Compares Obama HBCU Speech To ‘Political Drive-By Barack Obama delivers remarks during the commencement ceremony at Morehouse College (Official White House Photo by Pete

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Little Richard Laid to Rest at Michigan Alma Mater

Rock 'n' roll legend Little Richard was laid to rest Wednesday at his Alma mater, Oakland University in

fave

Source: The Washington Informer

Goodwin Expresses Concerns About Major Travis Yates’ Comments | The Oklahoma Eagle

Calls for Greater Diversity and Sensitivity Training at Tulsa Police Department

fave

Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Ghana coronavirus: 6,808 cases, phase out lifting of restrictions - church group

Total confirmed cases = 6,683 (new cases

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

'We can get it done here': Africa's tech scene tackles coronavirus

LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updates

fave

Source: https://www.news24.com

Congo-Kinshasa: Top Congolese Opposition Member Dies of COVID-19

Also Sunday, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the country's health minister has the

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

FAMU proposal to leave MEAC and join the SWAC

In a decision heard throughout the historically black college community, Florida A&M University has decided to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and join the Southwestern Athletic

fave

Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Burundi: Nkurunziza Leaves a Mixed Legacy

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location

UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school

fave

Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

U.S. coronavirus death toll exceeds 120,000 Americans

Medical workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) test for COViD-19 at Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of 11 churches across the city as well as Nassau County and Westchester that has begun testing for the virus on May 13, 2020 in New York

fave

Source: theGrio

The Fight For Meredith's Education

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Board of Higher Education of Mississippi to admit Meredith to the university or be held in contempt.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

24

1962

Marlene Nourbese Philip

Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the 1988 Casa de las Americas prize for poetry. She is a writer, poet, university lecturer and lawyer who lives in Canada but who hails from Tobago. Her published works include the novel Harriets Daughter and three collections of poetry including

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

3

1947

Army Grants Posthumous Promotion To Slain ROTC Student

The Department of Defense is granting a posthumous promotion to Richard Collins III, a ROTC student at Bowie State University who was murdered in 2017, days after being commissioned a second lieutenant in the

fave

Source: Stories About Black History

Georgia's Public HBCUs: Standing United

Our nation’s current state of affairs requires the attention of all leaders to champion social justice and end racial

fave

Source: The Savannah Tribune

US sees 1,260 coronavirus deaths in a day

The United States recorded a further 1,260 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, bringing its total to 95,921 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins

fave

Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Coronavirus Live Updates Archive from May 10 to May 17

“This bill contains significant new funding for higher education institutions that will help alleviate the crippling financial impact posed by the coronavirus,” the American Council on Education, which lobbies for colleges and universities, said in

fave

Source: Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Career Advice, Jobs

Princeton University will be removing racist former president from school

Robertson Hall, home to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Wikicommons

fave

Source: theGrio

Embry-Riddle to resume face-to-face instruction on June 30 –

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to reopen the institution’s residential campuses in Florida and Arizona for face-to-face instruction on June

fave

Source: Daytona Times

VIDEO: Donald Trump Jr. set his sights on big tech months before his father’s feud with Twitter | Afro

Months before President Donald Trump signed his May 28 executive order targeting social media platforms, the White House and members of the Trump family were debating how to battle the tech

fave

Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Little Richard To Be Buried At Historically Black College | Afro

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard will be buried at Oakwood University, a Historically Black University in

fave

Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

The newly empowered college athlete.

One of the most popular sports in America, college football, faces questions about player safety, proper quarantine procedures, scheduling games, and how college football fans will be able to attend games given the large capacities of many college football

fave

Source: ThyBlackMan

Wells, Barry L. (1942- )

Ambassador Barry L. Wells has had an extensive career in international affairs with the United States Foreign Service after an earlier period as a university professor and administrator. Wells was born in 1942 in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from East High School in that city in 1959. He received

fave

Source: Black Past

Court bars two varsities from reducing staff pay

Justice Byram Ongaya on Friday barred Egerton and Kisii universities from paying staff reduced salaries pending hearing and determination of a case filed by the Universities Academic Staff Union

fave

Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

University President Creates George Floyd Scholarship Fund, Challenges Other Schools To Do The Same - Blavity

"I want to announce, as president of this school, the institution of the George Floyd memorial

fave

Source: Blavity News

Obama criticises leaders over Covid-19 response

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald

fave

Source: The East African

"THEY'RE SCREWING THE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS"

The President’s order activated the National Guard into federal deployment to help with the Coronavirus

fave

Source: The Florida Star

PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy launched | New York Carib News

Named the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, a center designed to coordinate public policy and advocacy by fostering development relations between the Caribbean and Africa was launched at The University of the West Indies last

fave

Source: The New York Carib News

U.S. Department of State Background Note

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Delany, Samuel Ray, Jr. (1942- )

Samuel R. Delany, Jr., “Chip,” is an award-winning African American gaywriter, editor, professor, and literary critic. He is the first major AfricanAmerican science fiction writer as well as one of the most influential writersof this genre in the United States. Hetransformed the field

fave

Source: Black Past

Apr

1

1942

Magoha roots for varsity courses tailored for global jobs

Speaking last week when he launched the University of Nairobi’s (UoN) Sh1.4 billion Confucius Institute, Prof Magoha said the future of learning was international and only institutions that helped students understand happenings across the globe would remain

fave

Source: Business Daily

More from Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica to expunge Garvey's criminal record

High spirits! - Alcohol interests say cheers as Gov’t loosens COVID ban on bars

PM: Public-sector jobs safe for now, but economy vulnerable

‘My son’s always been a leader’ - Jamaican mom proud of history-making black valedictorian at Princeton

Gov’t against July CXC exams

PORK POT SAFE - Senior glad after receiving COVID compassionate grant

Robbery mastermind, crony killed in MoBay gunfight

Digital arts operator holds animation training online

New curfew hours, rules for bars and churches

COVID tally increases to 505 as three more ship workers test positive

Child abuse alarm - Reports plunge, potentially giving predators free rein

‘Contact tracing breaks the back of virus’

GG rallies Jamaicans to back COVID-19 fight

Drive-thru church brings joy to moms

Mom wounded while parting fighting sons dies

Iberostar: We weren’t at fault for SET Cash saga

63-y-o makes dramatic escape as fire guts home

Storms, COVID-19 could strain emergency arms – Guy

Live-stream dream - COVID-19 opens new doors for real-time viewership

HIV-positive women get helping hand on Mother’s Day

West Jamaica Adventists gift $5m in foodstuff

Four arrested in connection with St Catherine firearm seizure

Commonwealth Secretary-General urges members to leverage economic opportunities

Growth & Jobs | Devastated! - Resort town of Ocho Rios down but not out

Growth & Jobs | Class in session: Teachers maximising the virtual learning experience

Growth & Jobs | Focus on productivity when managing a team remotely

Spanish Flu survivor has faint memories of pandemic

Jodian Fearons mom among nearly 200 Jamaicans flying home Wednesday

National partners with FFP to build 10 homes for indigent

Immigration Corner | Can I add my mother, nephew to my application?

Immigration Corner | Retrieving seized items from Customs

Immigration Corner | How will marrying a US citizen affect my filing?

Security beefed up after robbery of care packages in St Mary

Section of Constant Spring Road to be repaved

Liguanea Ave in St Andrew being closed to replace defective bridge

Employee at National Laboratory Services tests positive for COVID-19

NWC reports significant increase in trucking of water

Father and son injured in St Thomas home invasion

St Elizabeth farmers get equipment to fight fires

$2.8M worth of ganja, credit card grabber and POS machine seized in Hanover

Parish Court outstation in Annotto Bay closed

Spanish Town mayor wants to replace Daley as PNP region four chairman

Two new coronavirus cases push tally to 507, recoveries reach 100

JDF probing Bray Street shooting

Mustard Seed Communities gets donation valued at US$2,150

Black Hill main road in Portland to be closed

Five bodies found in shallow graves in St Andrews Danger Island

Court to live stream Manchester fraud trial verdict Friday

Air tragedy - ‘Mark was like my son,’ says local instructor, as Jamaican student pilot dies in Florida crash

As MPs squabble over renaming, ‘Warmy’ blasts political honours

Business Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)