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ASU Names Lester To Dean Post |
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Written by Special To The Informant
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:00 |
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 Literary scholar Neal A. Lester has been appointed dean of humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He assumes the leadership role held since 2004 by Deborah Losse, a scholar in French literature who will be retiring from the university.
“Neal Lester brings leadership and academic rigor to a very important area for ASU to evolve and develop at the next level,” said ASU President Michael Crow.
Lester, whose teaching and scholarship focus on African American literary and cultural studies, including children’s literature, drama, folklore and popular culture, has been a professor of English at ASU since 1997, serving as chair of the department since 2004. This past February, Lester was elected to a two-year term as chair of the Arizona Humanities Council board of directors.
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Tucson Teen Wins Buffalo Soldiers Scholarship |
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Written by Bobby Burns
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 00:00 |
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TUCSON – For several years the Greater Southern Arizona Area Chapter 9th and 10th (Horse) Calvary Association get together to cook up some fried catfish at their annual fund raiser. Each year a lucky high school senior is awarded a scholarship which will help with their college expenses.
Jasmine Grant, 18, won $1000 this year. She is headed to the University of Arizona to study molecular cellular biology.
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New Charter School Stresses Excellence |
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Written by ArnE Williams
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 00:00 |
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Throughout her career Arizona Senator Landrum Taylor has been turning visions into reality – the latest – the Fay Landrum Academy on the campus of First New Life Missionary Baptist Church in south Phoenix.
Landrum-Taylor wanted to open a school in honor of her grandmother Fay Landrum, who was not allowed to attend school past the sixth grade, but through many hurdles her grandmother managed to graduate from ASU with honors at age 66.
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New Laptops For RSD With Tech Grant |
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Written by Floyd Alvin Galloway
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00 |
21st Century Classrooms Project Approved For $365,779; 4 Schools Chosen
On Monday, Aug. 2, the Roosevelt School District distributed brand new Netbook Laptop computers to 7th and 8th graders at John R. Davis School in South Phoenix. Davis was just one of four schools selected in the Roosevelt School District whereby all 7th and 8th graders in those schools received the computers. The other Roosevelt Schools are Cesar Chavez, V.H. Lassen and Valley View.
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Raven Green Wins Miss Black Teen USA |
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Written by Special To The Informant
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00 |
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 The Miss Black Arizona Scholarship Foundation Celebrates for the First Time a National Title, Miss Raven Green is the 2010 Miss Black Teen USA. The pageant was held Sunday, Aug. 8, at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center.
There was standing room only as the pageant hosted by the lovely and talented Kaliah Allen-Harris, former Miss Black USA, actress and medical student took on the night. Judges included: stars from "America's Next Model," HBO series "The Wire," professors and politicians.
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