As the cameras focused on Lee Elder during last week’s honorary starter’s ceremony at Augusta, Gary Player’s son, Wayne, stood directly behind the 86-year-old displaying a sleeve of OnCore golf balls. Golf fans on social media were outraged by what they had seen and accused Wayne Player of deliberate guerrilla marketing during a moment where the focus was on the first black man to play in the Masters. According to Wayne’s estranged brother, Marc, Augusta National has since taken action and banned Player, Jr. for the incident. During Thursday’s opening ceremony, Wayne Player was seen holding the OnCore balls, a company which…
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CHICAGO — IES Abroad has announced the appointment of Gretchen Cook-Anderson, Director of Diversity and Recruitment Advising at IES Abroad, to the position of Associate Vice President, Assistant to the President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism, effective immediately. In this new role at IES Abroad, Gretchen will continue her valuable and highly successful leadership of IES Abroad’s underrepresented student recruitment efforts with the Diversity Relations team, while also serving in a key leadership position that will strengthen organization-wide efforts to increase diversity and inclusion. “This new position is a natural progression of Gretchen’s valuable and highly effective leadership of IES Abroad’s…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU’s Heather Brown continues to bring notoriety to not only herself but to the highly acclaimed MTSU Concrete Industry Management program. The much-honored Brown recently received another distinction in her outstanding career, earning the Joe W. Kelly Award from the American Concrete Institute in a virtual ceremony. ACI President Jeff Coleman made the announcement during the organization’s annual awards event in late March. “It was nice to be recognized and such good timing to get an academic-related award,” Brown said. “The Joe W. Kelly Award encompasses the love I have for education. Receiving the award has been…
Hendersonville, USA – Every year on the first Saturday in May thousands of people around the globe participate in World Labyrinth Day as a moving meditation for world peace and celebration of the labyrinth experience. Many “Walk as One at 1” local time to create a rolling wave of peaceful energy passing from one time zone to the next. St. Timothy is holding a community labyrinth walk on May 1st at 1 pm as part of this worldwide event; all are welcome. We ask that participants please wear a mask; social distancing will be observed. Anyone who is not physically able…
(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA – FMRL Media and Above the Clouds today announced their film, A FIRE WITHIN, will make its world premiere at the 45th Atlanta Film Festival beginning April 22 on a virtual platform. The documentary, which chronicles three Ethiopian women’s fight to bring their torturer to justice in an Atlanta courtroom, is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Chambers (ARAM, ARAM). A FIRE WITHIN recounts the remarkable coincidence when Edjegayehu “Edge” Taye, Elizabeth Demissie, and Hirut Abebe-Jiri, three Ethiopian women who immigrate to the United States after surviving torture in their home country, discover the man responsible for…
By Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise in the United States. In San Francisco, the home to a large Asian population, Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone gave this homily during a prayer service for peace at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on April 10. In our fair city’s other official song (not Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” but the other one), we hear these opening lyrics: San Francisco, open your Golden Gate You’ll let no stranger wait outside your door. San Francisco, here is your wanderin’ one Saying I’ll wander…
NASHVILLE, TN – Dr. Fortune Mhlanga is a computational science educator and the founding dean of the new School of Applied Computational Sciences at Meharry Medical College. He wants to turn Meharry’s program in data science into a top-notch training ground for data scientists and researchers to rival Harvard and John Hopkins, two national leaders in medical research. “Our academic programming is not in medicine. It is in computational sciences which lies at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and core disciplines of science and engineering,” Mhlanga said. He said the programs include a Master of Science in general data…
By Peter White Washington D.C. – Senator Alex Padilla is the newest member of the U.S. Senate. He took Kamala Harris’s place when she was elected Vice-President. He is still adjusting to the volume, the magnitude, and the pace of the work. “l’ve been busy before in my life but nothing compared to what that last few months have been like.” Padilla said. He said that although every issue is a big issue, these are unique times. “We’re still in the midst of a once-in-a-century global health pandemic. We’re still in the wake of the deadly insurrection of January 6—to…
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Vassar College’s ALANA Center, which provides resources and programs for students of color, will be named for Professor Jeh Vincent Johnson, the pioneering African American architect and former Vassar faculty member who designed it. President Elizabeth H. Bradley made the announcement as part of last weekend’s African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) Triennial, which celebrates the contributions of African American alumnae/i, students, faculty, administrators, and staff of Vassar College. Johnson died in January. Professor and architect Jeh Vincent Johnson was born on July 8, 1931 in Nashville, Tennessee to Marie Antionette Burgette and Charles Spurgeon…