Southern Oregon University has named a new provost and vice president for academic affairs. James Klein, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University-Commerce, plans to take the SOU job Aug. 4.

Two students from Ramapo will travel to Florida in July where they will compete against hundreds of other students in the 30th annual NAACP academic, cultural and arts competition.

In a set of prepared remarks addressed to professors earlier this month, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Michael D. Smith did something that would have been impossible a few years ago.

FOR a long time in this country, there has been bias against the arts or humanities by successive administrations and by Nigerians in general. This bias manifests in various ways.

Smith-Cotton High School senior Garrett McCorkle, 17, wants to be a preacher. He sees the Arts and Humanities career academy, instituted this year as part of the smaller learning communities program at the high school, as part of his journey.