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Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Recent updates

Public Safety responsible for keeping watch over campus

On a campus at the center of a dense urban environment, Public Safety’s stated goal is to ensure the well-being of the Mills College community.

Nationwide feminist organization tours Northern California campuses

As a part of a two week-long Northern California college tour, representatives from Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)’s campus program came to Mills College on Feb 23.

Search committee forms in order to replace Holmgren

After Janet Holmgren announced she will be stepping down next year, the Board of Trustees formed a Presidential Search Committee to find her successor.

Candidate talks held for new dean of business school

Mills College hosted candidate talks for the new dean of the business school, which include lectures on women’s business leadership by Rachel T.A. Croson and Deborah Merrill-Sands.

“Great Debaters” actor and youth activist holds talk about literacy crisis

Actor and youth activist Nate Parker spoke to students and educators of the Oakland Unified School District about the importance of literacy and a culturally responsible education at Lisser Hall this week.

Meet & Greet: Understanding the Board of Trustees

Do you know how the Board of Trustees works? Here’s the first part in a series on how our administration works.

Editors picks

Pell Grant Increase Proposed - NYTimes.com

In Afghan War, Letting Women Reach Women - NYTimes.com

Preferring Girls Over Boys - Motherlode Blog - NYTimes.com

NAACP president: Van Jones a misunderstood treasure - CNN.com

Editorial by NAACP president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous honoring resigned green "czar" Anthony "Van" Jones with President's Award for 41st Image Awards. Jealous calls Jones the "father of the green jobs movement" with an interesting rebuttal against past criticism of Jones. Jones was a Bay Area resident who resigned after being criticized for his radical views and his controversial attack towards Republican leaders. See http://tr.im/Py0F

Ex-POW in Iraq war recalls nightmares, depression - Yahoo! Politics

Shoshana Johnson, the nation's first female black prisoner of war, felt she was ignored and portrayed differently in the media because of her race.

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