Rhodes Scholar from Eau Claire follows great-uncle
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When Chauncy Harris Jr. won a Rhodes Scholarship last weekend, it was a first for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls, who has helped raise more than &#36;200 million for the United Negro College Fund, is getting an honorary doctorate from Wilberforce University in Ohio.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor Walter Wendler may see some tough competition if he interviews for the chancellor position at Louisiana State University.
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A University student and alumnus were awarded Rhodes Scholarships Saturday evening, marking the first time in University history that two representatives from the University were awarded the scholarship in the same year.
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Michael Roberts has done more than study finance at historically black Benedict College. He's played football for the college, joined a fraternity and proposed to his girlfriend.
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Exploring the family tree in search of roots (or royal family connections).
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When Genesio Morlacci left &#36;2.3 million to a small college here, many people were astonished at the wealth amassed by a man who operated a dry-cleaning shop and later worked as a part-time janitor in retirement. But to those who knew Morlacci well, his bequest came as no surprise.
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Growing up on La Salle Boulevard on Detroit&#39;s northwest side in the 1950s, Stephen Ross was not a man of means. Here are some of the top donations made to the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.
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Elizabeth Brothers is 17 and looking for her dream college. Her search took her to devastated New Orleans. To college recruiters, the aspiring military officer from Midlothian, Va., was a welcome sight. Without a steady flow of students coming to poke around, New Orleans' long academic tradition could dim to a memory. Some of the city's premier colleges rely largely on tuition from out-of-state students.
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Chris Owens, a 27-year-old power forward from Duncanville, Tex., who recently signed with ALBA Berlins, a professional basketball team in Berlin, returns to the city in which his great uncle Jesse Owens won four gold medals under the cloud of Nazism during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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By Autumn Grooms, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 11--For a young Rosalie "Roz" Schnick, vacation meant grabbing her rod and reel and heading to a Canadian lake in search of northern pike.
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Spencer Overton, a law professor at George Washington University, is author of the forthcoming book &quot;The Ghost of Jim Crow: The Unfinished Struggle for Voting Rights in America.
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SAN FRANCISCO Two students with ties to the San Francisco Bay area will head to Oxford University next year as Rhodes scholars. 22-year old Jennifer Howitt of Orinda and Stanford University senior Sarah Schulman
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Myron Kuropas wants people to know that he is not a Holocaust denier or an anti-Semite. At the same time, the part-time Northern Illinois University instructor and Ukrainian nationalist is not backing away from ...
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As a former longtime resident of the Bellville area, I want to enlighten you on what Sen. John Kerry&#39;s leadership can cause. I have been living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for eight years with my family.
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For years, the Doyle sisters have done everything they can so their uncle Daniel, who has a mental disability, can live on his own. They have helped manage his finances, made sure he has taken his medications and rushed to his side when necessary, allowing him to keep his small subsidized apartment...
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DETROIT: New York real estate mogul Stephen Ross has made a $100m donation to the University of Michigan, a gift the school hailed as the biggest in its 187-year history.