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Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., finalized its plans to acquire Concordia College New York, Iona officials announced Tuesday.

Lewis & Clark College President Wim Wiewel told students, faculty and staff on Monday that he plans to retire from the post next year.

The initiative, which will benefit Johns Hopkins and six other institutions, will be named in honor of Vivien Thomas, best known for his work treating “blue baby syndrome.”

The graduate student union at Columbia University voted down a tentative agreement for its first union contract, 1,093 to 970, against the union bargaining committee's majority recommendation that members accept it. Prior to reaching the tentative agreement in April, union members were on strike for a month over stalled contract negotiations.

Flagler College President Joseph Joyner, Ed.D., presided over his last Flagler College graduation Monday at an open-air ceremony at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.