This final edition of The View from Hampton U takes a look at the 144th Hampton University Commencement Ceremony for the 2014 graduates. This episode highlights the speech of honorable John Charles Thomas, a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia; Dr. William R. Harvey, the President of Ha ...
Posted Monday, January 12th 2015 at 9:23AM
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Boston College Introduction Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,100 full-time undergraduates and 4,700 graduate and professional students. Ranked 31 among nat ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 4:22PM
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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Claflin University is one of nine historically black colleges and universities nationwide receiving a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help chart a new model for higher education.
The Orangeburg university announced the $75,000 grant will be used to help ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 1:51PM
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Bill Gates is turning human waste into drinkable water with the help of a sewage treatment machine developed using funds from the Gates Foundation. The machine, called the Omniprocessor, has been designed to provide clean drinking water to developing ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 10:26AM
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Happy New Year from The Washington Center!
We hope you enjoyed your much deserved break from school! Have you started your application for the Federal Diversity Internship Initiative yet? If not, and you found yourself busy over break, don’t worry—there’s still time to apply for this fully funded ...
Posted Thursday, January 8th 2015 at 2:43PM
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In his talk Amiri describes what it would be like to live on Mars and what we would need it get it done.
Hi my name is Amiri Williams I am currently sixteen years old. I go to NACA II which is a new school t ...
Posted Thursday, January 8th 2015 at 11:53AM
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Have you secured your brick for the Legacy Walkway that is being constructed in front of the Peters Media Center and Ford Hall? The Oakwood University Brick Campaign provides an opportunity to leave a legacy and support campus improvement at the same ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 2:20PM
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President Obama was not the only member of his household that fought to improve the P-20 education system in 2014. Michelle Obama carried out an impressive education agenda that rivaled her husband's in many respects. It seems that the two are a tag ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 8:38AM
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by John Kell @johnnerkell January 7, 2015, 9:01 AM EST
At the current pace of job growth the economy could return to full employment by this time next year.
The U.S. private sector has added more than 2.5 million jobs last year, and some econo ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 8:25AM
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by Charlotte Fekete
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Makes 4 to 6 servings
active time
20 minutes
total time
20 minutes
Charlotte Fekete of Athens, Georgia writes: "I'm a junior in college, and I'm planning to go to cooking school after graduation. I've al ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 8:03AM
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By Tom Dillon / Special to the Times-News
BOOK REVIEW
• “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,” by Todd Wilkinson. Copyright 2014, Lyons Press (378 pages, $18.95 paperback)
Authorized biographies aren’t normally my cup o ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 2:48PM
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By Kelci Lynn Lucier
College Life Expert
New Year's Eve in college can be fun, exciting -- and challenging, as many students are away from campus and their usual college friends. There's no need to let your college New Year's Eve go to waste, h ...
Posted Monday, December 29th 2014 at 1:26PM
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This holiday season the HBCUConnect.com Team would like to encourage you to be of good cheer!
You never know what good things are headed your way. The more you give the more you shall receive.
As you head into the New Year find time to enjoy life ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 4:34PM
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A Tennessee State University alumnus and NASA engineer has been recognized for outstanding contribution to the agency.
Ron Cobbs, a 1989 TSU graduate with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and avionics chief engineer assigned to the Internat ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 3:13PM
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Federal agencies in 2013 hired individuals with disabilities at the highest rate in at least 33 years, OPM has said in an annual report on the implementation of a 2010 executive order seeking such an increase.
At the end of the 2013 fiscal year, 1 ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 1:14PM
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http://www.JSprinkles.com - Award-winning keynote speaker Jonathan Sprinkles presents a motivational speech to 1,000 educators, parents, principals, Title 9 workers, and community partners. Jonathan's message "Your Attitude Determines Their Altitude" teaches educators and parents to stay motivated, ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 12:01PM
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Boston College Introduction Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,100 full-time undergraduates and 4,700 graduate and professional students. Ranked 31 among nat ...
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 at 10:44AM
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NCCD is a nonprofit social justice research organization that promotes just and equitable social systems for individuals, families, and communities through research, public policy, and practice. We envision a just society in which people are safe and ...
Posted Monday, December 22nd 2014 at 4:17PM
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By Kelci Lynn Lucier
College Life Expert
Life in college is supposed to facilitate independence and autonomy. And part of that, of course, often means keeping things secret that you might have shared with friends and family only a short time ago. In some situations, however -- such as these 10 t ...
Posted Monday, December 22nd 2014 at 4:09PM
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Watch as I am easily distracted by the dog and cat while trying to wrap gifts. I make sounds through the wrapping tube to drive the dog crazy, then the dog rips up wrapping paper, the cat runs around like a wild cat, and then the dog chases paper airplanes that I make out of wrapping paper. ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 9:25AM
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