Lumina Foundation recently announced grants totaling almost $2 million to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina and five other partners committed to ensuring Black adults earn college degrees and other credential ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2021 at 4:50PM
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The Texas Southern football team will hit the gridiron in style for Homecoming 2021 on Saturday as they'll wear new Riddell helmets donated by TSU football legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan.
The Riddell Speedflex is the company ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2021 at 4:40PM
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Delaware State University recently announced that the University would be partnering with the RADical Hope Foundation and Bank of America to offer a first-of-its-kind RADical Health wellness program for students designed to help them meet the physica ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2021 at 1:57PM
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Are you an HBCU grad with strong organizational and time management skills, keen attention to detail, highly developed communication skills, and excellent research and problem-solving capabilities?
If so, Ceres is hiring and wants YOU to APPLY!
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Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2021 at 1:51PM
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Are you an HBCU grad with strong organizational and time management skills, keen attention to detail, highly developed communication skills, and excellent research and problem-solving capabilities?
If so, Ceres is hiring and wants YOU to APPLY!
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Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2021 at 1:51PM
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Virginia State University is designating Tuesday, September 28, 2021, a Trojan Wellness Day. The goal is to mitigate the increased loneliness, stress, anxiety, and depression, caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the CDC, “The COVID- ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2021 at 1:21PM
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Texas Southern University has been selected as one of four Historically Black Colleges and Universities to receive a $125,000 grant from the Baker Hughes Foundation for the 2021-22 academic year. The grants, totaling $800,000, are part of the Foundat ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2021 at 1:16PM
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is proud to announce that the sorority set a new record and raised more than $2.1 million in one day to benefit our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Alpha Kappa Alpha's annual H ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 10:28PM
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff recently announced that it is the beneficiary of a $250,000 gift to provide direct scholarships to students dealing with financial hardships. The gift comes from an anonymous donor who expressed a desire to ma ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 10:23PM
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The Prison Reform Project, a California-based non-profit organization, has set the goal of reviewing at least 1,000 wrongful conviction cases from across the country. The organization is led by its director, Clyde Beasley, who himself was once wrongf ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 7:25PM
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Meet Elizabeth L. Carter, Esq., founder and owner of a Black woman-owned securities law firm that has launched a legal fund to support Black businesses that plan to raise capital through crowdfunding campaigns and other means. The Chicago-based firm ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 7:24PM
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Jackson State University and Alcorn State University may be in-state sports rivals, there is no bad blood between the coaches.
JSU coach Deion Sanders recently offered to help make sure Alcorn has athletic trainers in order to successfully move forw ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 7:14PM
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The pedestrian circle area between the William C. Jason Library and the Mishoe Science Center is slated to be converted into a place of education and celebration in honor of the legendary Tuskegee Airman.
A Sept. 12 dedication ceremony to mark the ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 6:46PM
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The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. will host its 36th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony virtually on Friday, September 24, 2021. Each year, graduates of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) are inducted ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 6:07PM
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Entering the 2021-22 academic year, Wiley College has hit record enrollment amongst the first-time freshman class since 2016. The College welcomed 214 first-year students from 16 different states and an international student from France. As of August ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 5:42PM
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Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) signed an articulation agreement with Grand Valley State University (GVSU) to provide its students opportunities to earn master’s degrees in advanced computing or engineering fields in as little as five years. This ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 1:02AM
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Morehouse College has received a $2.5 million gift from Mastercard to support the development of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship, a ground-breaking, new academic center that will seek to eliminate barriers among Black entrepreneurs, professiona ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 12:51AM
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In response to the growing global need for professionals and academics in the field of computer science to support innovation and build capacity in STEM disciplines, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Bowie State a $1 million grant thr ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 12:40AM
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The AT&T Foundation is supporting HBCUs in a major way. The major telecommunications company has given a grant to Alabama State to support students pursuing an education in the field of cybersecurity. Check out the full ASU press release by Kenneth ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 12:33AM
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Atlanta’s High Museum of Art has appointed Jackson State University alumna Felicia Neal Daniel as chief financial officer in Georgia. Daniel is responsible for the development of financial strategy, annual and long-term financial planning, and ongoin ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2021 at 12:16AM
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Wilberforce is in the process of bringing music back to its campus. According to a story by Eileen McClory at Dayton Daily News, the nation's first private HBCU is working on revamping its marching band and choir after an extended hiatus.
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Posted Thursday, September 23rd 2021 at 11:32PM
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It's official. Yet another O'Neal is headed to an HBCU!
Amirah O’Neal, daughter of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, has committed to play basketball at Texas Southern University.
This news comes just months after Shaq's youngest son, Shaqir O’Nea ...
Posted Thursday, September 23rd 2021 at 11:16PM
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Virginia State University has received a portion of a $1 million donation and a commitment for a yearly gift from an online gaming company and its equity partner. VSU is one of five HBCUs presented with the first of an expected annual investment by G ...
Posted Thursday, September 23rd 2021 at 10:59PM
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The College of Engineering (COE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a four-year, $1.4 million gift to expand the gaming capabilities of the Department of Computer Science (CS) and to create the Zynga Scholars p ...
Posted Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 at 2:02PM
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