By Dania Mallette:
Not all high schools have the ability to properly prepare their graduates for everything they’ll encounter in life. For example, many schools typically focus on helping students excel in taking important exams, such as the SAT ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2011 at 5:44PM
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EVENT OVERVIEW:
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 24th Anniversary Awards Dinner, themed "Developing Minds...Delivering Dreams", celebrates the achievements of the country's foremost visionaries who have used their status to impart a positive i ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2011 at 3:00PM
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Please save the date, September 3, 2011, when Hampton University and Alabama A&M University will play in the Annual Chicago Football Classic at Soldier Field. This game is becoming known as the largest HBCU reunion in the country!
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Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 1:58PM
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By Jarrett L. Carter:
Students and alumni of Howard University's Department of Radio, Television and Film recently circulated a petition to save the undergraduate program from rumored budget cuts and program merger in the School of Communication. ...
Posted Thursday, July 28th 2011 at 5:09PM
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The Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) will broadcast 23 exciting football games including the Super 7 Series of classic events. The broadcasts will be national on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and on local stations across the country. "This will be ...
Posted Tuesday, July 26th 2011 at 2:11PM
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By The HBCU Digest:
A dozen historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.
Led b ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2011 at 2:36PM
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By BLACK PR WIRE:
Florida Memorial University (FMU), South Florida’s only historically black college or university (HBCU), received national recognition when the Tom Joyner Foundation (TJF) selected it as the July 2011 HBCU of the Month. Aimed s ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2011 at 2:29PM
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National Pan-Hellenic Council--Fraternities Host Public Meetings
This summer the 5 fraternities of the NPHC will convene their national
conventions and host public meetings. Please support your fellow Greeks by
attending the public meetings and ...
Posted Wednesday, July 20th 2011 at 2:17PM
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Historically black colleges across the country are reaching new plateaus in research, community building and social impact. But sadly, the collective HBCU community tends to assign prominence to those institutions with large numbers of famous alumn ...
Posted Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 5:11PM
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By Chris Cortez:
Today, I was proud to represent both my country and my employer, Microsoft, by standing in support of military families at “Joining Forces: Launching the Military Spouse Employment Partnership” which took place at the U.S. Cha ...
Posted Tuesday, July 5th 2011 at 6:27PM
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By Newswire:
More than $35 million in cumulative scholarships were offered to 136 Impact Scholars from Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. who comprise the PwC Impact class of 2011, PwC US announced today. PwC' ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2011 at 3:55PM
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By T. KEUNG HUI:
From Virginia to Florida and southwest as far as New Mexico, recruiters for the Wake County school system have been on the hunt. Following the orders of Superintendent Tony Tata, they're looking for the best male and minority te ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2011 at 3:43PM
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By BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM:
The golden years are yielding the most rewarding times for Curtis Symonds, co-founder of the HBCU Network. Long viewed as an innovator throughout his 25-year cable broadcasting career, Symonds, 55, has teamed with fellow i ...
Posted Monday, June 27th 2011 at 3:40PM
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By Inside Higher Ed:
The nation’s historically black colleges and universities need to assume a far more active role in the national push to get more students to complete their degrees, a group of HBCU presidents said Thursday. "We need to be mu ...
Posted Friday, June 24th 2011 at 4:50PM
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By Montgomery Advertiser:
Trenholm State Technical College will hold a financial aid and admissions checkup for new and current students from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.
The Financial Aid and Admissions Extravaganza will be held at the Trenholm c ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 4:47PM
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By Press release:
State university students who plan to receive most any form of financial aid for the 2011-2012 academic year – either federal or state, or both – must fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online applica ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 4:37PM
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By Office of Naval Research:
U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine has recognized the as a 2011 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a distinction marked at a ceremony on June 11 in Orlando.
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Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 4:30PM
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By Jennifer Brooks:
Opponents of recent program cuts at Tennessee State University are planning a protest at Friday’s meeting of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Members of the Save TSU Community Coalition plan to stage a demonstration at the ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 4:25PM
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By UNCF:
Judkins Park, Seattle
Saturday, August 6, 2011
7:30am Registration
8:30am Welcome & Warm-up
9:00am Walk
10:30am Post Walk Festivities & Umoja Fest
11:00am UNCF BBQ Cook-Off for Education
It's back! The Seattle 18th Annual ...
Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 4:19PM
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By HBCUDigest.com:
What do a civil rights icon, nightly television talk show producer, senior pastor, county commissioner, Broadway play and film director and Ronald McDonald have in common? More than anyone would ever think!
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Posted Thursday, June 23rd 2011 at 3:29PM
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Event Details:
Parents Connected Presents: Step Higher Educational Tours HBCU College Tour
Only 40 seats available and $100 reserves your seat! - First Come First Served!!
--PARENT INFORMATION MEETING TO BE SCHEDULED IN SEPTEMBER--
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Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:57PM
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By news release:
Stuart attorney Willie Gary served as the keynote speaker at the Shorter Jr. College Accreditation Celebration Gala, which served as a fundraiser for academic scholarships, in North Little Rock, Ark.
Gary spoke to an audien ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:46PM
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By The Urban Network:
The 2011 Summer Institute for Future Global Leaders opened on May 17, welcoming 36 students from 23 universities throughout the United States and the Caribbean. The students will engage in two intensive weeks of leadership tr ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:25PM
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By PR Web:
The Institute for Student Achievement, a national high school reform leader, based in New York, announced today that Educational Testing Service (ETS) President & CEO Kurt M. Landgraf has joined the ISA Board of Directors.
Mr. Landg ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:16PM
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