HCA Healthcare announced that it will give $1.5 million to Fisk University to support scholarships for students pursuing a degree in nursing. This gift is part of the organization’s larger commitment to give $10 million over three years to Historic ...
Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 2:01PM
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The Second Annual HBCU Entrepreneurship Conference held at Bowie State surpassed expectations with 179 institutions of higher learning and over 900 students, entrepreneur champions, HBCU and business leaders, and foundation executives engaged in the ...
Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 1:54PM
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. announced via Twitter its partnership with New Balance. See the tweet below:
"We are pleased to announce the partnership between Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and @newbalance to develop sportswear and apparel with ...
Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 1:43PM
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced recently that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding 51 “Build to Scale” grants – totaling $47 million – to organizations that support technology entrepreneu ...
Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 1:23PM
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Francena Turner, Ph.D., adjunct lecturer of history at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and FSU alumna, recently published an essay highlighting the university’s participation in the Black Campus Movement in the late 1960s into the early 1970s.
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Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 1:18PM
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As Rattlers from all over the country come to Tallahassee to celebrate Homecoming, the city transforms into a vibrant orange and green each year. Rattlers of all ages continue to come together for the ultimate experience at homecoming. The festivitie ...
Posted Friday, October 14th 2022 at 12:54PM
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Sentara has provided funding to Hampton University for a program entitled: Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce to Create Healthier Communities. The gift is $850,000 and is designed to increase and grow the number of diverse healthcare professionals ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 2:27PM
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Aflac and Texas Southern University’s Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research (CBMHR) announced the awarding of a $200,000 Aflac CareGrant. The grant will help to advance health equity for diseases that disproportionately impact underrep ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 1:40PM
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Everett B. Ward, Ph.D., an educator, public administrator, and humanitarian with over 35 years of national experience, has joined the VUU family as the new senior fellow for the Center for Study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Wa ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 1:34PM
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Voorhees University and its partners have received a grant totaling nearly $6 million from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare teachers to improve learning outcomes for students. The grant, awarded through the Department of Education Supporti ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 1:24PM
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Hennessy and Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announce a new collaboration with Brooklyn-Based, The Bishop Gallery and Group Black, the largest collective of Black-owned media, to bring the "Our Friend Jean" Exhibition to six Historically Black ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 12:53PM
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If 95% of surveyed students feel their mental health has been negatively affected within the past year, why is it that only 1 in 3 BIPOC Americans receive the help they need? This question begins to offer insight into the difficulties faced by many y ...
Posted Thursday, October 13th 2022 at 12:39PM
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Most people seek to excel in their careers. But it’s not very often that one achieves international recognition for their efforts.
Enter Kimberly Sanders, Ed.D., assistant vice president for Strategic Enrollment Initiatives at Prairie View A&M U ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 2:14PM
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Texas Southern University celebrated all freshman and sophomore students during a Matriculation Convocation held in Sawyer Auditorium.
“Today is a celebration of the commitment we’ve made to ourselves, to those who love us, and to those who lo ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 1:49PM
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This year, Voorhees University Mass Communications professor Freddie Davis celebrates his 30th anniversary as a judge at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, Tenn.
Every October, some of the best and most succ ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 1:33PM
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West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Toyota West Virginia are partnering in an exciting new effort to promote STEM initiatives to local middle school students. The Yellow Jacket Innovators: A STEM Career Series program will introduce STEM career ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 1:13PM
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Wiley College is pleased to announce that it has received a $50,000 grant from the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church to support the institution’s alternative spring break component of the Sacred
Pause Program.
The Sacred Pause began in the ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 1:06PM
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Winston-Salem State University has been awarded a $30,000.00 grant from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund led by Dr. Karen T. Williams, Director of the A. H. Ray Student Health Center, to conduct rapid COVID testing of students who present with symp ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 1:02PM
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Dr. Samrat Dutta, Associate Professor in Xavier’s Department of Chemistry, received an award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund his field study research through 2025. Dr. Dutta’s research, “ORE-CZ: Methane Emission from Wetlands ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 12:50PM
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Prairie View A&M University launches its Fine Arts Series on Thursday, Oct. 13, with Leon Turner, bass-baritone, in recital. Turner has performed in master classes conducted by noted singers such as Leontyne Price and Blanche Thebom.
“Mr. Turner ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th 2022 at 4:21PM
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Recently, while on the Jennifer Hudson Show, the newly formed FISK University women's gymnastics team was surprised with a $25,000 check from Aunt Jackie's Curls & Coils. The donation will cover the sixteen-member team's travel expenses enabling thes ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th 2022 at 4:08PM
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Cornell Conaway, the creator of Gainz Sportsgear, continues to drive the narrative of HBCU sports appreciation through his HBCU Athlete brand. Cornell Conaway, a content creator, graduate of Bowie State University, and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Frate ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th 2022 at 3:59PM
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Norfolk State University President Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston, along with the President of Texas Southern University Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, participated in a special panel discussion about HBCU Leadership for the 37th Legislative Conference for t ...
Posted Monday, October 10th 2022 at 6:27PM
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During a celebration in September 2022, President Clarence D. Armbrister was one of four community members gifted artwork from artist Brian Washington’s collection, “The Continual Struggle – Edition II.”
Washington’s collection is an “ ...
Posted Monday, October 10th 2022 at 5:49PM
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