Hennessy, the world's best-selling cognac, today unveils the "Never Stop Never Settle Society," a comprehensive growth accelerator co-created with the Marcus Graham Project (MGP) to ensure a more equitable landscape for Black entrepreneurship. To int ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2021 at 5:59PM
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The 2021 Winter- Alumni magazine is OFFICIALLY LIVE!
In this issue, we cover everything from HBCU grads making history, to Tyler Perry and the COVID vaccine to Joe Biden's Executive orders, to combating Zoom fatigue.
Did you know that HBCU gra ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2021 at 5:35PM
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With the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and colleges gearing up to have students back on campus for the upcoming fall semester, several schools have recently announced that all faculty and staff will need to have received one of the vaccines before ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2021 at 4:21PM
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New children's book celebrates Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Toni Morrison, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs.) Unfortunately, many childr ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2021 at 2:51PM
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It's been over a year since NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant passed and the world of sports can still feel the sting of his death. ESPN recently announced that Basketball legend, Michael Jordan is set to honor the late Kobe Bryant at the upcoming Hall of Fam ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2021 at 6:48PM
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Army veteran Caron Nazario was pulled over in Windsor, Virginia, back in December. Though he remained in his car civilly, two officers approached the vehicle in a hostile manner and began barking orders at him. He responded by lifting both of his han ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2021 at 6:28PM
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A political activist who is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad and the first African woman writer to have a play on Broadway, will address graduates during Spelman College’s commencemen ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2021 at 2:19PM
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Today, Clark Atlanta University and higher education stakeholders announced the launch of the HBCU Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) at CAU. The groundbreaking initiative will serve as an incubator for recruiting and developing the future presiden ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2021 at 2:10PM
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Delaware State University Aviation graduates will have a direct path to becoming a pilot with a major airline through a new affiliated partnership between the institution and United Airlines.
The University and United celebrated the new partnershi ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 3:50PM
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After being postponed last year due to COVID restrictions, the Battle of the Bayou is finally here! Southern University and Grambling University will finally face off on the football field this weekend to show who really runs the bayou but in a diffe ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 2:33PM
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Recruiting and engaging an inclusive and diverse workforce is a top priority at Fifth Third Bank. Its collaboration with historically Black colleges and universities is one way that the Bank works to nurture a multicultural employee base.
As part ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 2:19PM
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For the 12th year of Retool Your School, The Home Depot® is doubling its commitment to $1 million and tripling its impact. This year, 30 campus improvement projects will be funded at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – the most pro ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 2:11PM
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Recognizing the need for systemic change to address barriers that make it difficult for low-income students of color to pursue higher education, PepsiCo and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, today announced a new $40 million scholarship ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 2:04PM
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Fort Valley State University announced their partnership with Grand Valley State University (GVSU) during a virtual signing ceremony hosted by FVSU’s Center for Student Engagement. Representatives from both universities met to finalize an agreement t ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 1:57PM
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Spelman College and Morgan Stanley today announced its first cohort of students selected to participate in the inaugural HBCU Scholars Program, an integrated initiative to support students at historically Black colleges and universities.
From volu ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 1:50PM
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Fisk University is thrilled to announce a $1,100,000 gift from an anonymous donor. The donor identified the Fisk Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD Bridge Program as the focus of the gift. Fisk’s partnership with Vanderbilt University has long been a leading ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 6:22PM
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The magistrate court in Clayton County, GA has nine judges, all of them are Black. Out of the 9 judges, 8 of them are Black women! This is the first time in the county's history to have an all-Black magistrate bench!
The court's Cheif Judge Keish ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 6:18PM
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Actor and best-selling author Hill Harper recently announced that he is set to launch “The Black Wall Street” app, a Black-owned digital wallet application. According to Black Enterprise, the launching of The Black Wall Street (TBWS) app is the first ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 6:03PM
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Texas Southern University (TSU) has officially launched its partnership with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) to offer students the SIFMA Invest! platform throughout their time at TSU. This program and its virtual pla ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 5:33PM
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Big news for Morris Brown students, alum, and a huge victory for the entire HBCU community: Morris Brown College is set to regain its accreditation! After nearly 20 years have passed since the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked its ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 12:55PM
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First Boulevard, a digitally native neobank focused on improving the financial livelihood of Black America, recently announced it has raised $5 million in Seed funding from a group of leading financial services investors including Barclays and Anthem ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2021 at 12:21PM
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In a statement recently released on the CDC website, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky acknowledged that racism is a systematic horror that plagues people of color every single day, calling it a "serious public health threat." She also spoke on how COVI ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2021 at 6:15PM
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Kentucky State University was recently awarded $260,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation for a project that will support veterans and adult work-ready training.
According to the grant proposal, the project is designed to support adult, tran ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2021 at 6:00PM
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