There are 18 article(s) tagged LeMoyne-Owen College:

• September 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen launches national campaign to raise $1.2 million

    The historically black college in South Memphis also plans to increase alumni giving from 8% to 30%.

    By Elle Perry September 28, 2019

• August 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen holding two-day ‘Move the Needle’ summit

    LeMoyne-Owen College is holding its first-ever “Move the Needle” Summit on its campus Aug. 16-17.

    By Elle Perry August 16, 2019

  • Memphis couple open Caribbean restaurant in Hickory Hill

    Louis and Carla Faulkner are operating a new restaurant, Caribbean Flayvahz, in Hickory Hill. 

    By Elle Perry August 04, 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen interim president: ‘First we start by listening’

    Former Memphis City Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson-Dean said she plans to begin her tenure at LeMoyne-Owen College with a lot of listening.

    By Elle Perry August 02, 2019

• July 2019

  • Former MCS superintendent named interim president at LeMoyne-Owen

    Carol Johnson-Dean, superintendent of Memphis City Schools from 2003-2007, before leaving to take the top job at Boston Public Schools, will replace Andrea Miller. The LeMoyne-Owen board didn't renew Miller's contract.

    By Jared Boyd July 30, 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen suit outlines problems between president, faculty

    A suit filed by the LeMoyne-Owen College Faculty Organization against the college and its board of trustees reveals the mistrust that existed between the administration and faculty before the college president was fired.

    By Elle Perry July 17, 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen gets new accreditation for business degrees

    Katherine Causey, chair of LeMoyne-Owen’s Division of Business and Economic Development, said the college’s business programs are the largest and most popular majors at the college. 

    By Elle Perry July 10, 2019

• June 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen board votes to end Miller's tenure as president

    LeMoyne-Owen College's board of trustees has voted to release Andrea Lewis Miller as president at the close of her contract Sept. 1.

    By Elle Perry June 18, 2019

  • High tea fundraiser at LeMoyne-Owen a celebration of female leaders in black churches

    LeMoyne-Owen College hosted a high tea at Bridges USA for first ladies of local black churches. The event benefitted the college's student activities, as well as the United Negro College Fund.

    By Jared Boyd June 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • Mission accomplished: LeMoyne-Owen student, 59, earns three degrees

    After a 41-year journey to earn her college degree, 59-year-old Alison Turner has earned an associate degree and two bachelor’s degrees from LeMoyne-Owen College.

    By Jared Boyd May 12, 2019

• February 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Methodist Le Bonheur, St. Jude and FedEx among 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
    • International Tea will benefit LeMoyne-Owen
    • O.C. Pleasant Jr. Operations Center to be dedicated Friday

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 14, 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Idlewild Presbyterian to host free legal clinic
    • UTHSC gets $398,778 grant to continue study
    • Construction near for senior-living apartments

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 12, 2019

  • LeMoyne-Owen College president responds to allegations of nepotism, neglect

    Pressure is mounting on LeMoyne-Owen College president Dr. Andrea Miller to resign amid allegations of nepotism, apathy and campus-wide neglect.

    By Jared Boyd February 07, 2019

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    • Tennessee historical marker at LeMoyne-Owen to honor sit-ins

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 01, 2019

• November 2018

  • LeMoyne-Owen faculty members call for president to resign amid plagiarism accusations

    Some members of a faculty organization at LeMoyne-Owen College are calling for the resignation of school president Andrea Lewis Miller over a speech they claim was plagiarized from a popular Joel Osteen sermon.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 29, 2018

• October 2018

  • Tip-Ins and Turnovers: Notes from the Tigers 120-66 win over LeMoyne-Owen

    Memphis drummed Lemoyne-Owen in head coach Penny Hardaway’s debut as the Tigers coach. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the win. 

    By Jonah Jordan October 25, 2018

  • Soul music is being celebrated this weekend at 4th annual Soulsville USA Festival

    With the mission of tying Memphis’ soul music history to the city’s soul music of today, the Soulsville USA Festival is returning to College Street and McLemore Avenue.

    By Elle Perry October 19, 2018

• September 2018

  • LeMoyne-Owen president has ‘full confidence’ in high-profile administrator Strayhorn

    LeMoyne-Owen College administrator and professor Terrell Strayhorn is a rising star of academia who got pulled down to Earth by questions about a prolific paid speaking schedule at his last career stop, Ohio State University.

    By Wayne Risher September 24, 2018