Charlotte sports marketing entrepreneur Derek Webber has spent recent years carving out a significant niche with historically Black colleges and universities, including a battle of the bands event big enough to fill Houston’s NFL stadium every year.
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Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 5:15PM
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The 2023 Community Exchange took place from May 8-11, in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s focus was influencing services and infrastructure that support research and education (R&E) while making an effort to involve emerging leaders and professionals fr ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 5:10PM
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The graduation ceremony at Edward Waters University (EWU) marked a new era as the Class of 2023 included 23 graduates from the first-ever Edward Waters University MBA program. EWU, Florida’s first private institution of higher learning and first Hist ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 5:06PM
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The first-ever HBCU Festival presented by TD Bank at the Mann Center on May 20, 2023, will be a free all-day community event celebrating Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their vibrant culture.
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Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 5:02PM
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SOUTH CAROLINA (WACH) — US. Congressman James Clyburn announced on Tuesday that $3 million from the National Park Service (NPS) will go to preserving and restoring Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in South Carolina.
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Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 4:59PM
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The movie of the summer, “The Blackening,” is coming early to students attending select Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) thanks to The Blackening HBCU Tour.
“The Blackening” is a new horror-comedy centered around seven Black fri ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 4:55PM
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, and Columbia Journalism School today announced the launch of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Media Collective. This dyna ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 4:28PM
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It's time to consider MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills is quickly emerging as one of the most influential leaders within collegiate sports. Stills has served as commissioner for two seasons. Her much smaller HBCU football programs have consistently dom ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 4:21PM
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BestColleges is excited to announce our newest scholarship opportunity - The BestColleges Scholarship for Black Women in STEM.
On average, Black women in STEM earn salaries that are 45% lower than their highest-paid peers. BestColleges is committ ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 4:14PM
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all state universities, which he called a “distraction from the core mission.”
“This is better viewed as standing for discrimination, excl ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2023 at 9:34AM
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U.S. higher education institutions offer students strong academics and graduates valuable degrees. And historically Black colleges and universities are among the high-quality options potential applicants do well to consider.
The U.S. Department of ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 5:37PM
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What do Nick Cannon, Taraji P. Henson, Spike Lee, and K. Michelle all have in common? Suppose you guessed that the names mentioned above are famous alumni of the nation’s 107 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In that case, you are ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 5:18PM
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(BOWIE, Md.) – Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis e ...
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(BOWIE, Md.) – Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis e ...
Posted Monday, May 15th 2023 at 5:13PM
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Academy Award-Winning filmmaker Spike Lee has teamed up with The Gersh Agency to announce the five fellows selected into the inaugural class of Spike Fellows at Gersh Program.
The program was “designed to nurture creative undergraduate students fr ...
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