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Like much of America, higher education is consumed with uncertainty over Tuesday’s presidential election.

Prior to Vice President Kamala Harris touring Savannah with a delegation of Savannah State University (SSU) students and then speaking at an Enmarket Arena rally on Thursday, Aug. 29, a presidential event of another sort took place. Much more intimate crowds trickled in and out of SSU’s Elmore Theater inside the King Frazier Student Center, 3219 College St., throughout the morning for the University of Georgia’s (USG) Presidential Search Committee Listening Sessions.

A webinar series designed to address key governance challenges, and opportunities, confronting Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) kicks off Oct. 1 with “HBCU Spotlight: The Roles and Responsibilities of Boards and Presidents. ”The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) have partnered to offer the MSI Governance Webinar Series with grant funding from ECMC Foundation.

Albizu University today announced that Dr. Nelson E. Soto has been appointed to the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) Council of Presidents. The Council leverages its members’ experience, perspectives, and insights with active leadership roles for the development of AGB expertise designed to strengthen board governance across higher education.

Members of the Michigan Democratic Party voted Saturday to nominate two candidates for the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Incumbent University Regent Denise Ilitch and former University Regent Shauna Ryder Diggs received nominations for the Board, defeating Palestinian American civil rights attorney Huwaida Arraf. The University’s Board of Regents was the only contested nomination at the Michigan Democratic Convention on Saturday.

Roderick J. McDavis called Ohio University home for many years, first as a student and then years later as the University’s 20th President. Now, OHIO students will have the opportunity to call the Roderick J. McDavis Residence Hall their home, feeling the same spirit of a man whose dedication and love for his alma mater showcase exactly what it meant to be a Bobcat. “Deborah and I are deeply humbled by this great honor,” President Emeritus McDavis said.

After only a monthlong stint as the University of Arizona’s provost, Joseph Glover is returning to his previous role at the University of Florida. Glover, who served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at UF for 15 years, announced Tuesday in an email to UA faculty and students that he would be leaving the university. According to the letter, W. Kent Fuchs, Florida’s interim president and Glover’s old boss, asked him to return as the university undergoes a “major transition.”

After a difficult rollout of the Department of Education’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) last year, the application is delayed once again, according to an announcement by the department on Wednesday. The application, known as the FAFSA form, allows students to obtain federal aid to help pay for college.