Interim Dean McDemmond new board chair-elect of Lumina Foundation

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The Lumina Foundation for Education has appointed Marie V. McDemmond, interim dean of the College of Education, chair-elect of the board. She will begin her tenure at the annual meeting of the directors March 2010. Former president of Norfolk State University, McDemmond has served in many high-level college administrative positions [...]

Lumina Foundation grant funds study to keep Hispanics in college

MIAMI (Nov. 2, 2009) – Florida International University’s College of Education has received a grant from Lumina Foundation for Education to develop model retention programs for Hispanic students in higher education that can be shared with universities across the country. The $496,000 award identifies FIU as one of the largest [...]