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Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Brenda Elaine Donaldson, Youngstown, Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Ms. Brenda Elaine Donaldson, 71, of Youngstown, transitioned to eternal peace with the Lord on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Ms. Donaldson was born October 26, 1953, in Lyndhurst, Virginia, a daughter of George R. and Bernice F. Hodges Bell. Find obituaries from your high school She was a 1971 graduate of Stuart's Draft High School and later graduated from nursing school in Virginia where she received her LPN license. Brenda had been employed with Northside Hospital as a nurse for more than 25 years and later retired from Care Source as a Case Manager in 2019. She was a member of Mega Church in Cleveland, Ohio, where she served as a co-lead intercessor, worked with the Children's Choir, and Women's Ministry. She also served on the intercessory team at the former New Life Church in Cortland, Ohio, and on the Praise and Worship Ministry and Youth Music Ministry at the former Evangel Assembly of God in Youngstown, Ohio. Brenda had worked as a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America at Martin Luther Lutheran Church and the Parent Teacher Association at the former Sheridan Elementary School, both in Youngstown, Ohio. She was a member of the Nurses Secret Sisters, a union representative for Northside Hospital, the Southside Neighborhood Block Watch; and an usher at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. She was also supporter and donor to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In addition to her volunteer work, Brenda enjoyed canning, knitting and harvesting fruits and vegetables from local farms in Ohio and her hometown in Virginia. You knew Brenda loved your company if she ever gave you a jar of her strawberry jam, can of pickles or chow-chow, a hand-written card with a kind note, or if she gave you a blanket she knitted with your favorite colors. She leaves to cherish her memory and to celebrate her life and legacy, two children, Stanley (Nicole) Donaldson Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia, and Stacey Donaldson of Crofton, MD; two grandchildren, Savannah and Sadie Donaldson; and a host of nieces, nephews, other family and dear friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, George Russell 'Butch' Bell, Jr. and David Bell. Visitation will be Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. at the Rising Star Baptist Church, 2943 Wardle Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio. A celebration of life service will follow at 10:00 a.m. Arrangements are being handled by the L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Brenda Elaine Donaldson, please visit our floral store. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Time Magazine
04-06-2025
- General
- Time Magazine
Trump Fired Education Experts, Including Me, From White House Board
A federal judge has blocked the Trump Administration's attempts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. Lawsuits have been filed against the Administration for slashing the staff and budget of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the federal education department's research arm. Massive cancelations of education-related research grants also are being contested in the courts. Given all this, I fully anticipated that the Trump Administration would eventually get around to firing the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES). It finally happened four months into President Donald Trump's second term when he removed 13 Biden appointees from the National Board for Education Sciences on May 23. 'On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences is terminated, effective immediately,' the email read. 'Thank you for your service.' As just one of the Americans who received this two-sentence message, I wonder if the sender or anyone else in the Trump Administration even knows who we are or what our service entailed. President Joe Biden appointed 13 of us to this bipartisan White House Board in October 2022. We were selected because of our deep expertise on education research, evaluation, and development. Members included three past presidents of the American Educational Research Association, National Academy of Education inductees (including the Academy's current president who chaired NBES), a dean of two academic schools at a Historically Black University, and a mayor who worked for two decades as a teacher and school administrator and served five terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. We committed to spending four years in the unpaid role because we all want the best for our democracy, we value the production and use of research, and we understand how high-quality studies and evidence-informed tools can improve educational opportunities, experiences, and outcomes for all students. Nothing about what we were asked to do qualifies as any version of wokeness or extremism. We approached our work as experts, not as politically-polarizing activists who somehow sought to advance anti-American agendas. The voting NBES members met with and served alongside nine ex-officio members: Director of IES, Director of the National Science Foundation, Director of the Census, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and commissioners of the four National Education Centers. It was a brilliant group of people who were united by our deep appreciation for rigorous, useful research. During the second year of George W. Bush's presidency, Congress established NBES as part of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. We were responsible for advising the IES Director on policies and procedures, collaboratively establishing priorities for the Institute's roughly $900 million annual budget, soliciting and providing input from educators and researchers, and strengthening peer review for grant-funded research projects, plus several other responsibilities related to scientific inquiry and innovation. The IES website specifies another role for NBES: 'Advise the Director on opportunities for the participation in, and the advancement of, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in education research, statistics, and evaluation activities of the Institute.' Without knowing or even asking what this entailed, it is possible that the Trump Administration presumed this to be a hotbed of DEI activities that privileged wokeness over merit and somehow discriminated against white men who applied for IES research grants. I never participated in nor witnessed this. There is no evidence of such wrongdoing. Being invited by a U.S. president to serve on a White House board was a significant honor; I will forever appreciate the faith that the Biden-Harris Administration placed in me as a citizen and scholar. I do not wear termination by the Trump Administration from my position as a badge of honor. It is disgraceful. Again, I anticipated that the Trump Administration would terminate my position prior to the conclusion of my four-year term. And I also anticipate that eliminating the federal education department, defunding IES, and ousting its law-abiding NBES partners will weaken the production and quality of education-focused studies and evaluation activities. Consequently, students with disabilities will be even more underserved. Inequities between rich and poor, as well as white and racially diverse learners will widen. Solutions to antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and sexism in schools will be stifled. Also, new educational disparities will emerge but will not be systematically tracked, communicated, studied, and addressed. Congress and educational leaders will have even less access to trustworthy, high-quality research on what works, what undermines excellence and innovation, and where the U.S. is falling short in fulfilling its educational promises to students and taxpaying families. Terminating NBES members is yet another example of the Trump Administration's attack on research, researchers, and research universities. Yanking hundreds of millions in federal research grants from Harvard and Columbia, two of the world's highest-impact producers of science and innovation, is indeed an assault on research itself. These actions are anti-American, as they will surely place our nation further behind others that pursue solutions to educational inequities, climate change, disease and health disparities, poverty, and other vexing problems. I accepted Biden's invitation to serve on NBES because I wanted better for our country and the people educated in its schools, colleges, and universities. I also said yes because I value research. Inasmuch as I despise our undeserved and unjustified dismissal, I have greater grief for IES leaders and staff who lost their paid full-time jobs— its national statistics unit reportedly has just three remaining employees, down from around 100 before Trump began his second term. These hardworking, law-abiding professionals are far more negatively affected by the Administration's actions than are other NBES members and me. We will be fine.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Atlanta HBCU students have trip of a lifetime to Senegal for hands-on experiences
A group of Atlanta students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities received hands-on experience in sustainability during a recent trip to Senegal. The students from Clark Atlanta University, Spelman, and Morehouse colleges took the trip as part of the mission of the HBCU Green Fund Fellows program to shape the next generation of Black climate leaders. 'We went, we cleaned up the beach. we also planted trees to combat deforestation and climate change. We also went and did tours around the ecological center over there, and seeing how they're using these different plant medicines and using them as fertilizer. Really just learning to work with the nature that is around you in the environment,' Latajah Lassus from Clark Atlanta University told Channel 2 Action News. 'It also made me realize that if this country can be sustainable with what they have, and for them it's not just 'Oh I want to be sustainable,' it's they have to be sustainable. Their infrustructure cannot sustain as much as ours can. If they can do it, then we can do it,' Ashley Felix, a student at Spelman College said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The program is a year-long commitment where students improve the sustainability of their college campuses, lead climate justice advocacy, and get real-world experience to lead a green economy after graduation. Monsurate Amoo studies sustainable fashion at Spelman College. 'Sustainability is their way of life. It's an innovative aspect of their lifestyle. and over here, I feel like we attack it in such an impoverished manner, whereas, at least for my section of sustainability, when it comes to fashion, and ya know, second-hand clothes, and stuff like that, it's seen as an impoverished idea. Whereas, over there, they are more into a circular economy, using the resources that they have,' Amoo said. Although their trip was unique and influential, the students say you don't have to travel to Africa to make a difference. 'It's very important that we get involved in small ways. You know, you may not be able to plant trees, but you can start by removing plastic from your home or just limiting your waste,' Lassus said. TRENDING STORIES: Veteran Atlanta Country music radio personality 'Cadillac Jack' has died at age 51 Paramedic accused of assaulting patient in ambulance in Cobb County Mother describes horrifying moments as she watched her SUV burst into flames along GA 400 [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
New York Times
09-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Bowling Green hiring Eddie George, former NFL All-Pro RB, as head coach: Reports
Former NFL All-Pro running back and Tennessee State head coach Eddie George has agreed to become the new head coach of Bowling Green, according to multiple reports Sunday. George, who won the 1995 Heisman Trophy at Ohio State, will take over the MAC program after former coach Scot Loeffler took an assistant job with the Philadelphia Eagles. Advertisement The Toledo Blade first reported the news of George's move. George went 24-22 in four seasons at TSU, including a 9-4 record and appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs last season, as he was named Big South-OVC Coach of the Year. He interviewed for the Chicago Bears' head-coaching job in January, but the Bears hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson that month. George got the TSU job one year after Deion Sanders became the head coach at Jackson State, starting a trend of former NFL stars becoming head coaches at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This offseason, Norfolk State hired Michael Vick and Delaware State hired DeSean Jackson. GO DEEPER Why would Eddie George accept the challenge at Tennessee State? George becomes the third Black HBCU head coach to get a Football Bowl Subdivision job, joining Willie Jeffries in 1979 and Sanders in 2023. Bowling Green is coming off three consecutive bowl appearances, including a 6-2 record in MAC play in 2024, but the Falcons haven't won more than seven games in a season since 2015. The roster is in a rebuild after losing most of its top players, including All-American tight end Harold Fannin Jr. As an NFL player, George made four Pro Bowls with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans — eventually having his No. 27 retired by the Titans in 2019 — and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1996.
Associated Press
27-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders: Black History Month
| Principal Conversational Designer Did you know, HBCUs, while representing less than 3% of colleges in the country, produce 46% of Black women engineers. We're thrilled to kick off the second year of our partnership with HBCU Heroes as part of our ongoing celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth. The organization works to empower students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to compete in corporate America, including the tech sector. Our partnership gives Gen team members the chance to mentor HBCU students directly, helping equip them with the professional skills they need to excel in their internships and careers after graduation. In 2024, we provided $20,000 and 105 employee volunteer hours to mentor and support 65 HBCU students. 'This program gave me valuable insight that was personal and relatable,' said Meaghan Lewis, a biology student at Tennessee State University, who completed our inaugural year of the mentorship program in 2024. 'I loved the one-on-one discussion with my mentor, who was very attentive to my needs and questions, and the program overall made me feel more secure and confident in my capabilities.' Gen mentors will lead four sessions in 2025 that each focus on specific professional skills, including a resume building workshop, mock interviews and an in-depth discussion about career journeys. Mentors are encouraged to share their experiences about career paths, transitions, navigating corporate culture and more. We can't wait to meet this year's cohort at our first virtual session on March 19th. For more information on our work with HBCU Heroes check out this blog post.
