In recent years, U.S. corporations and foundations have increased giving to HBCUs, the Associated Press reports.
During the pandemic when most colleges were shut down, Dominion Energy in Virginia donated $500,000 towards laptops and hot spots for ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 4:22PM
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With Springtime coming in slowly and off the heels of Black History Month, it’s time to bring in some new energy. There is no shortage of contributions that HBCU alums have made to our society. So I come bearing gifts and with items and services to h ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 12:57PM
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June is Pride Month, an annual celebration of the many contributions made by the LGBTQIA+ community to history, society, and cultures worldwide. This Pride Month, we are celebrating the LGBTQIA + community and those that are products of historically ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 6:35PM
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Valerie Kinloch has been hired as Johnson C. Smith University’s new president, replacing Clay Armbrister, who is retiring this summer after five years at the school.
Kinloch, a Charleston native who earned her undergraduate degree from JCSU in 199 ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 6:05PM
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According to a report by McKinsey & Company, “there is an estimated $1.6 trillion gap in aggregate revenue between Black-owned and non-Black-owned businesses across the U.S. economy — a figure that has only grown over recent decades.” In 2021, Africa ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 2:20PM
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Kareem Michel has had an itch to work and earn money since he was a kid. Born in Haiti, he moved at the age of 4 to Marietta, where his father drives for Uber and his mother runs a cleaning business.
When he was younger, Michel used to save the mo ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 1:52PM
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Clark Atlanta is riding a wave of interest shared by dozens of historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, across the country as students increasingly choose to attend campuses where they know they will feel welcomed, safe, and understood ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 11:52AM
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Shaw University, the first HBCU in the south, is seeking to rezone 27 acres of its downtown campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, while also asking for its property to be redesignated as a “Mixed Business District”. They are requesting to increase the e ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 11:14AM
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In honor of Black Music Month, we shine a spotlight on two legendary bands that grace the stage of the Orange Blossom Classic, Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 and Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom. These renowned Historically Black Colleges ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 11:11AM
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For your family. For your community. For all of us. By joining All of Us Research, we can leave a better health future for generations to come by helping researchers find new ways to keep us healthier, longer. #JoinAllofUs at AllofUs.Health/hbcu-conn ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 10:37AM
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All of Us Research, the largest, most diverse health research program ever believes all voices deserve to be heard in medical research. Like Shantelle, take the 1st step and #JoinAllofUs to improve research for future generations at AllofUs.Health/hb ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 10:32AM
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Amber Batchelor, a veteran CEO, strategic alignment expert, and proud HBCU graduate of Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been named President and CEO of the historic Sumter County Chamber of Commerce in Georgia. Located jus ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2023 at 5:40PM
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After 156 years, an Illinois school has graduated its first African-American valedictorian. The principal of the school says the entire community is excited for Abraham Buckner, the young historymaker, to receive this honor.
Buckner made history a ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2023 at 5:09PM
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Madison Gonzalez has found her passions — to ensure everyone with whom she works knows their voice will be heard and valued; to help others so they can, in turn, become change agents.
Gonzalez is a Central State University rising senior and social ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2023 at 4:55PM
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An event this month raised $343,000 for Wilmington’s 2023 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week.
The 4th Annual HBCU Week Awards Gala, held June 9 at the Hotel Dupont in downtown Wilmington, raised money to support the city’s a ...
Posted Tuesday, June 20th 2023 at 4:17PM
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