A quarterly meet-up of tech industry professionals discussing inclusive topics with diverse perspectives.
About this Event
It is no secret that COVID-19 changed the world overnight! If you are one of the millions of individuals that are now wor ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2020 at 5:17PM
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Delaware State University to Acquire Wesley College
Official Start Expected in 2021
Dover, DE – Delaware State University and Wesley College have signed a Definitive Agreement for Del ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2020 at 3:15PM
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In an effort to promote transparency within the HBCU Community...
Jack Thomas is the first Central State University president to have previously led an institution, and the school made an effort to compensate him based on his experience, Board Cha ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2020 at 3:09PM
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The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) a Washington, D.C. area arts advocacy group will be featured in a virtual panel highlighting its MasterClass Series™ via Facebook Live on Tuesday, July 14 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. In the ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2020 at 12:47PM
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Voter Mobilization and Fundraising Intern (Remote, Temp 2020)
Full-time (40 hours/week) • Starts on or before August 3, 2020, Ends Nov. 30, 2020 • $25/hour • Benefits • Work From Anywhere in the Continental U.S.
To apply, go to https:// ...
Posted Thursday, July 2nd 2020 at 6:54PM
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The Nurse Residency Program is a one year program designed for nursing graduates or nurses (RN) with less than six months (at the time of application) of nursing experience. ...
Posted Thursday, July 2nd 2020 at 5:15PM
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The HAMPTON UNIVERSITY Day of Caring is a unique opportunity to celebrate the spirit of philanthropy during an exciting 24-hour period. The purpose of this powerful giving experience is to unite Hamptonians and friends of Hampton around an important ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2020 at 4:41PM
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, ...
Posted Thursday, June 25th 2020 at 6:22PM
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Springer Nature Donates $50,000 In Support of HBCU Scholarships
Columbus, OH — The HBCU Foundation, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit whose aim is to provide scholarship aid to deserving students attending Historically Black Colleges and Unive ...
Posted Wednesday, June 24th 2020 at 1:05PM
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Nneka Igbokwe, an experienced black professional now hired on at Microsoft as a Service Delivery Project Manager, attended a diversity recruiting event hosted by HBCU CONNECT and Microsoft in the Washington, D.C. area.
Not only did Nneka receive a ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2020 at 2:38PM
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I joined HBCU Connect 10 years ago in my senior year of high school, so I could understand more of what it would be like to join an HBCU via the college tour they were hosting. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2020 at 1:26PM
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Every year, the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative), Executive Office of the President and U.S. Department of Education look forward to hosting the nation’s premiere gathering of students, stakeholder ...
Posted Monday, June 15th 2020 at 2:28PM
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I just got done watching this epic speech slash comedy routine by our brother and fellow Ohioan, Dave Chappelle.
In the routine he addresses racism in it's current context with the recent death of George Floyd and also other recent events that have ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2020 at 12:09PM
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Oprah finally speaks out on the George Floyd murder, but many in the African American community (especially black men) have been wondering when she was going to speak up and use her influence to make change.
What do you think about this video clip ...
Posted Wednesday, June 10th 2020 at 4:43PM
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Carmelo Anthony is calling for more top prospects to attend historically black universities when selecting schools to play at.
Melo said quote, “All it takes is one person to change history." ...
Posted Wednesday, June 10th 2020 at 2:39PM
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What is your take on the vice president?
As protests unfolded over the latest police killing of a middle-aged black man, an African American bishop asked Mike Pence a simple question: How can you personally reunite a racially splintered nation?
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Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2020 at 10:57AM
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Frank Baker, founder and managing partner of Siris, a leading private equity firm focused on investing and driving value creation in technology and telecommunications companies, and his wife, Laura Day Baker, an interior designer and philanthropist f ...
Posted Monday, June 8th 2020 at 7:05PM
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Meet Kiko Davis, the majority owner and stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only Black woman in the country who owns a bank.
During a 2018 int ...
Posted Monday, June 8th 2020 at 1:27PM
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Another one of our members was recently hired at Microsoft!
Nyler, a Viginia State University Graduate, attended our hiring event with Microsoft in Charlotte, North Carolina that saw over 100 black software engineers and IT professionals attend.
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Posted Sunday, June 7th 2020 at 5:21PM
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Another one of our members was recently hired at Microsoft!
We wanted to share a quote from him we just received. ...
Posted Sunday, June 7th 2020 at 4:26PM
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With the constantly evolving and changing world of technology, the internet and the technologies used to power the internet, have changed dramatically since the last iteration of HBCUConnect.com was launched back in 2014.
CEO, and Founder of HBCUC ...
Posted Friday, June 5th 2020 at 10:01PM
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Microsoft lands African American tech leader Rich Neal to keynote virtual hiring event for Black and Latino tech candidates. Openings on the guest list for senior software engineering candidates, register today! ...
Posted Friday, June 5th 2020 at 7:04PM
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Florida A&M Joins The SWAC
FAMU will be an official member on July 1, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees (BOT) has approved the University’s move to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), beg ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2020 at 9:00PM
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Veteran Hollywood TV Producer and HBCU graduate herself, TeeJ Mercer, will launch ‘TeeJ’s Bingo Nite: HBCU 2020 Grad Edition’ (TBNHGE), a loud and lively online Bingo game event that will award over $1.3 million in donated career-launch profess ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2020 at 5:59PM
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Albert N. Wilson, a former University of Kansas student, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and a lifetime of probation after being convicted by an all-white jury of raping a white teen girl. But he says they only kissed, and never had sex.
In ...
Posted Thursday, June 4th 2020 at 3:22AM
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