A new era of leadership and excellence will serve as the overarching theme for Tuskegee University’s upcoming inauguration of President Lily D. McNair. McNair will be formally installed as the institution’s eighth president — and its first female pre ...
Posted Monday, February 25th 2019 at 3:35PM
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Help ASU win $50,000
in the Retool Your School
contest, sponsored by The Home Depot.
Hornets, let's do it again! It's nomination time for Home Depot's 2019 Retool Your School campaign.
In 2017, Alabama State University was the winner of a $ ...
Posted Monday, February 25th 2019 at 3:26PM
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Weeks after announcing it raised more than $8.2 million in a massive push to collect money to retain its accreditation, Bennett College has lost its standing with its accreditation board.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on ...
Posted Sunday, February 24th 2019 at 10:22PM
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A local organization has been working to help those in need after Hurricane Michael.
HBCU Adventures held its second Rebuild Bay County event from 11 am to 5 pm Saturday at the Florida State University Panama City campus.
There were various ven ...
Posted Sunday, February 24th 2019 at 9:45PM
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Five takeaways from the Lakers’ 111-106 win over the Houston Rockets
Photo: Rockets guard Chris Paul tries to get a pass by Lakers center JaVale McGee during a Feb. 21 game at Staples Center. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
If a February ...
Posted Friday, February 22nd 2019 at 11:37AM
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A full schedule of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball games are on tap this weekend, February 22-24. Now that the season is in full tilt, there will be some exciting matchups on the diamond.
In the large school division, the ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 7:37PM
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Artimus Cunningham, an English major from Sycamore, IL, has been named as a 2019 Luard Morse Scholar.
The sophomore was one of three HBCU students selected for the prestigious English-Speaking Union Luard Morse Scholarship. The winners will receiv ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 7:29PM
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With two weeks left in the regular season, teams are hoping to peak and ride the momentum into the conference tournaments that will set them up for a potential postseason championship run. However, inconsistency and schizophrenia continue to mar ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 7:17PM
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Rival NCCU has sixth-best black college signing class
North Carolina A&T has the second-best recruiting class among Division I black college football programs according to a national website.
The Aggies, who won the last two HBCU nat ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 7:13PM
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For the past several years, the NHL has made an effort to attract a new, diverse fan base with one lofty promise: Hockey is for everyone.
The slogan started as a unity building initiative each February but is now supposed to be a year-round guiding principle for the league. But too often it’s bee ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 11:38AM
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NASCAR pit crews deal with all sorts of weird and unexpected issues when their cars pull down pit road for a stop, including quickly swiping the nose of the car clean before it pulls away again ...
Posted Thursday, February 21st 2019 at 11:32AM
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TMCF convened over two dozen of its member-school Presidents and Chancellors from our nation’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) on February 6-7, 2019 in Washington DC.
On day one of the Fly-In, the Presidents and C ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 7:04PM
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Legendary music entertainment cruise, sailing April 7-14, 2019 on Carnival Magic supports students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Janet Jackson, Maxwell, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, KEM, and more will headline 2019 performances, which also include artists from R&B, Soul, In ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 6:53PM
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Photo: A conceptual rendering for 700-bed residence hall planned for Florida A&M University.
A conceptual rendering for 700-bed residence hall planned for Florida A&M University. (Photo11: Special to the Democrat)
Florida A&M University expec ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 6:50PM
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The Bears running back, who starred at NC A&T, was honored by the NFLPA
Brett Friedlander
Tarik Cohen didn’t go into the NFL Draft with high expectations.
“I tried not to have too many high hopes,” he said. “Coming from my school, coming f ...
Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 6:34PM
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"The commitment of the NFL illustrates its shared belief in the product of our HBCU institutions." ---Gregory Gibson, Jr. Founder & Executive Director, HBCU Battle of the Brains.
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Posted Wednesday, February 20th 2019 at 6:25PM
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Three months into my first job, I presented to Jeff Bezos and learned a life lesson that I will never forget.
I joined Amazon immediately after graduating from school. A few months later Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, tasked my team of designers and engineers with a top secret new product delivera ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 10:46PM
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Sep.19 -- Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder, entrepreneur and owner of the Washington Post, talks to David Rubenstein about his background, how he came up with the idea for Amazon, building the company, some of the key businesses including Prime and Whole F ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 10:29PM
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Technology is helping me navigate on Earth.
To improve my weaknesses and threats for
living a prosperous life I went to my Apps
section on my cell phone.
I found a App that assist with praying.
5 different times throughout the 24hour
day I ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 9:41PM
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For arguably the most inspirational player to step on to a basketball court, All-Star Weekend being hosted in the Carolinas and specifically Charlotte, NC brought a unique opportunity to Michael Jordan and Jordan brand. Not only did MJ start his ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 9:25PM
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BeCulturED hosts our LIVE launch event where teams and audience participants will compete for prizes and the title of reigning HBCU trivia champion! This 2-hour interactive experience is being hosted by Wilmo Robinson. You do NOT have to be an HBCU grad to attend this game show, just bring your lo ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 9:12PM
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Elizabeth City State University is ranked seventh in the top 12 listing of CollegeNET, Inc.’s Social Mobility Index.
CollegeNET, Inc., a provider of web-based on-demand technologies for higher education and the developer of the Social Mobility Ind ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 9:07PM
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Earlier this month Lara Thompson (third from left in group photo) won an HBCU Innovation Award at the 2019 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington D.C.
The associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Biomedical Engineering ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 9:03PM
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Mississippi State University Libraries, in partnership with Tuskegee University and the MSU-based Southern Literary Trail, is presenting an exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed African-American photographer P.H. Polk. Polk's work depicts ea ...
Posted Tuesday, February 19th 2019 at 1:55PM
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