Nex Cubed, a leader in early-stage innovation and startup acceleration, has announced the launch of the HBCU Founders Initiative. Born out of a program Nex Cubed launched last year reaching over 350 students and alumni across 50+ HBCUs, the HBCU Fou ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2021 at 3:46PM
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The HBCU Pigskin Showdown announces that the game will be held at David J. Robinson Memorial Stadium on the campus of Marion Military Institute (MMI) in Marion, Alabama.
The game is a postseason all-star contest that will showcase some of the best ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2021 at 3:23PM
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NBA All-Star Chris Paul continues to pursue his plant-based mission with a financial investment in Koia, leaders in 100% plant-based nutrition shakes. This investment furthers Paul's goal of providing better access to healthy foods to all and promoti ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2021 at 3:16PM
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Morehouse College and Atlanta University Center institutions Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College are initial academic partners in the ten-year, $90 million AltFinance: Investing in Black Futures initiative launched by Global Management, Inc. ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 3:22PM
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This week, Morehouse College welcomed the largest group of new students on record for the first day of fall 2021 semester classes. The group of 973 new traditional and online students represents an increase of 70 percent when compared with fall 2020. ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 3:18PM
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The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community and principal advocate for industry excellence, ethical conduct and the advancement of its membered practitioners, ha ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 3:14PM
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This fall Savannah State University will offer the Computer Information Systems, Logistics & Supply Chain (CILS) program, a new academic degree path to support the growing community's need for professionals with technical skills in the logistics and ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 3:04PM
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Talladega College recently received an anonymous donation of $250,000 in support of student scholarships. With these funds, the College plans to create the ‘Angel Award.’ One hundred students will receive $2,500 scholarships during the 2021-2022 acad ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 2:31PM
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Boeing has signed a three-year agreement to become the title sponsor of ESPN Events’ inaugural Red Tails Classic college football kickoff game.
Earlier this year, ESPN Events announced the creation of the Red Tails Classic to celebrate Historicall ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 2:24PM
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® has long made it its mission to support our beloved institutions. Thanks to a recent partnership, the sorority is giving over a million dollars to 35 HBCUs across the country. Check out the full press release below ...
Posted Monday, August 23rd 2021 at 2:00PM
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Red Ventures (RV), a leading portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that work together to connect millions of people with expert advice, today announced that Khemari Cook will be the company’s new Chief Diversi ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2021 at 4:34PM
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Delaware State University today announced a second round of funds available for debt relief for more than 1,100 qualified students. The availability of $2.9 million was made possible by the CARES Act and can be used for a range of hardships caused by ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2021 at 2:32PM
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Ms. Brianna Pendergrass, a Junior Biology major, Presidential Scholar, Honors College Alpha Cohort member, and current Miss Edward Waters University along with Mr. Naim Brown, a Senior Business major, and Presidential Scholar were named earlier today ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 2:30PM
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The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative) today announced its eighth cohort of HBCU Scholars. This program recognizes 86 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students for their accomplishments in aca ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 2:28PM
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Today Fisk University announced the launch of a new Construction Management Certificate Program in partnership with Enterprise Solutions. The program is a one-year certificate designed to introduce students to the hands-on skills related to managing ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 2:23PM
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Dillard University’s Center for Racial Justice (CRJ) has received a $1 million grant over two years from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support the center’s mission of bringing “systemic change to the way policing is done in communities of color and ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 2:14PM
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Clinton College President McCorn recently announced that all qualifying full-time students will be able to attend the institution during the 2021-2022 academic year tuition-free! Check out the announcement video! ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 2:08PM
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Central State University is proud to announce its partnership with Propel Center, a new global campus headquartered in Atlanta that will support innovative learning and development for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide. ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:57PM
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Bowie State University opened a new $42 million Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community (ELLC) today, creating an environment where the spirit of innovation and collaboration can thrive to support development of student start-up businesses and gro ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:52PM
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Bluefield State College officials have announced that more than $870 thousand dollars in COVID-related funding will be distributed to BSC students this month. “Every student registered for classes when the Fall 2021 Semester began on August 12 will ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:49PM
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The U.S. Small Business Administration issued 14 grant awards of up to $200,000 each to organizations in 13 states as part of the Women’s Business Centers (WBC) Resiliency and Recovery Demonstration Grant under the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ow ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:43PM
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Alcorn State University is one of several HBCUs in 10 states to receive funding to preserve their historic structures.
The National Park Service (NPS) donated $9.7 million in grants to assist 20 preservation projects for historic structures on HBC ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:39PM
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Today, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., announced that she will retire as president of Spelman College at the end of this academic year, effective as of June 30, 2022.
During Dr. Campbell’s tenure as the 10th president of Spelman, she has led the col ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2021 at 1:27PM
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Daisa Taylor, a high school senior from Iowa, recently won $25,000 at the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search for her invention of cost-effective surgical sutures that change color to detect if a patient’s wound is infected.
The 17-year ol ...
Posted Thursday, August 12th 2021 at 2:18PM
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Despite representing roughly 12% of the U.S. adult population, in biopharma, Black professionals account for just 7% of the total workforce and 3% of executive teams. Today, in an initiative designed to increase access to and awareness of the biophar ...
Posted Thursday, August 12th 2021 at 2:14PM
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