LeMoyne-Owen College aims to raise visibility
With “A-list coaches” such as Bonzi Wells and Rochelle Stevens, a cybersecurity program, and plans for both an amphitheater and a health and wellness center, the HBCU is trying to increase its profile.
With “A-list coaches” such as Bonzi Wells and Rochelle Stevens, a cybersecurity program, and plans for both an amphitheater and a health and wellness center, the HBCU is trying to increase its profile.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been named an advancing district under the Tennessee Department of Education’s district accountability rankings.
Judaea Driscoll, a student at Southwest Tennessee Community College, and Joshua Carlucci, who’s in graduate school at the University of Memphis, are our fall 2022 journalism interns.
President Bill Hardgrave hopes to hire a new provost as well as several new deans by late spring or early summer 2023.
“As an industry, higher education has not really had to work that hard,” University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave said. “Those days are over.”
Michelle McKissack is currently chairwoman of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board and is looking at a potential run for Memphis mayor.
In a lawsuit filed last month, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association said teachers were asked, even “threatened,” to sign contracts without job descriptions or salary amounts.
The MSCS board chairwoman, who in August won a second four-year term, referred to the board’s $480,000 severance package for superintendent Joris Ray as a “challenge” in which the school board showed leadership.
With a goal of providing Arlington students with a hands-on learning experience in various medical professions, the suburb’s school district has begun an internship with several healthcare providers.
Gloria “GloRilla” Woods visited her former high school, MLK Prep, to surprise students with a musical performance and a donation.
A former teacher at Oakhaven Middle School and Wells Station Elementary School has been indicted for crimes against children, according to a statement from Memphis-Shelby County Schools.