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A former Dean of Student Affairs, Taraba State University, Jalingo, has been kidnapped by gunmen.
The victim who was identified as Umar Buba was said to have been picked from the staff quarters of the university.
An official of the Institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr Deji AbdulRahman confirmed the incident to Vanguard via telephone.
He explained that the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday.
“I am James Speta and I am a racist.”
He was followed by Emily Mullin, executive director of major gifts, who announced, “I am a racist and a gatekeeper of white supremacy. I will work to be better.”
The public confessions reflect the view that all white people are racist due to their race and privilege a view contested by some as itself a form of racial intolerance or bias.
Now one of Brandeis’ Assistant Deans, Kate Slater, has triggered a similar controversy after declaring “all white people are racists.”
Slater is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Feedback sought on set of 65 recommendations developed by Roadmap 2020 Task Force By Hub staff report / Published May 28, 2021
Johns Hopkins University unveiled a set of draft recommendations Monday that will lay the foundation for the next iteration of the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion, which since 2016 has served as the university s guiding document and accountability framework for advancing equity and inclusion.
The 65 recommendations cover a range of topics faculty diversity and staff advancement, community and alumni engagement, student support and success, training and development, and institutional accountability. They were developed by the 43-member Roadmap 2020 Task Force and seven working groups made up of 162 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.
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Published 15 May 2021
After eight years of academic sojourn at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, the parents of Benard Asefon and his siblings expected him to return home before embarking on the mandatory one-year National Youth Service scheme. But sadly, that expectation was cut short in a cruel manner. Death took away Ashefon.
The late student, who studied Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, was said to have died after an electric pole fell on a septic tank which caved in and he sank into the pit.
Some of his colleagues told our correspondent that the deceased climbed a ladder to change his hostel’s switch on a nearby electric pole. The changeover switch at the hostel where he had lived for eight years was said to be faulty and he decided to rectify it for the occupants to enjoy electricity.
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, on Friday, announced the full resumption of academic and other activities on both physical classrooms and online platforms for students, workers and other stakeholders as applicable.
By this announcement, students across levels will from next Monday, May 10, be on campus for lectures and also in hostels strictly by those, who have been allocated bed spaces.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university in charge of Academic and Research, Prof Oluwole Familoni, made the announcement at a news conference held at the Senate Chamber of the university with the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof Ademola Adeleke and the Chairman of Time-Table and Examinations Committee, Prof Aderonke Adepeju-Bello, in attendance.