By Tim Gayle:
It's a resume that is among the best in small college baseball.
Mervyl Melendez has transformed Bethune-Cookman into a baseball powerhouse, not only making the Wildcats the envy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities prog ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:06PM
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By Denise M. Baran:
Crystal Toran plans to be a pediatrician; fellow Joliet resident Stacy Shorty wants to be a probation officer.
Both college-bound teens and recent graduates of Joliet Township High Schools credit the Central City YMCA Teen A ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 3:02PM
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By Daily Press:
Darris Shelton of Hampton, a redshirt sophomore at Norfolk State, earned All-American honorable mention this season in the long jump by qualifying for the NCAA championships.
The honor came from the the United States Track & Fi ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 2:56PM
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By BUSINESS WIRE:
--Hyatt Hotels Summer Bridge Program helps high school students with future careers--
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Hospitality Management Consortium (HBCU-HM Consortium) announced ...
Posted Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 at 2:23PM
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BY DAVID JESSE:
A plan Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled Monday to provide college scholarships for Detroit Public Schools graduates is long on hope and promise but a bit short on money, resources and details.
At a news conference Monday to announce ma ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 3:06PM
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By Colby Hochmuth:
Virginia is awarding scholarships to some returning students whose education was interrupted by desegregation as far back as 57 years ago, but the awards are being offered to white students as well as black, sparking anger among ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 2:59PM
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By Venton Blandin:
We have an update to a "Taking Action" story we first reported Friday. We called it a case of financial aid frustration. Students told us the school was withholding their money. The money is a financial aid refund. Alabama A&M ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 2:46PM
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By HBCUDigest.com:
Christopher Dean received national attention for his heartfelt introduction of President Barack Obama as commencement speaker for Booker T. Washington High School last month in Memphis. But as the attention has dwindled from new ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 2:40PM
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Johnny Taylor, Jr. the new president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently visited York College where he met with President Marcia V. Keizs, senior administrators and students.
York College is a member institution of the ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 2:32PM
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By Associated Press:
-A new wave of college ootball head-coaching candidates is going to school this weekend-
Seven African-American coaches, including three former NFL players, were participating Friday in The Champion Forum, the top tier of t ...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st 2011 at 2:25PM
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By Imani Jackson:
Taxpayers do not want to subsidize welfare recipients’ vices. That is a given. But, Florida’s primary issue is not the presumption of drank and drugs amongst welfare recipients. With the state’s educational system leaving ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 4:06PM
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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim:
To tap into federal money to make campus infrastructures more energy efficient, college and university leaders must be strategic, collaborative and pay close attention to details when submitting proposals.
At the same time ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 3:55PM
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By Greg Kubiak:
SURA has been awarded nearly $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to host the Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicist and National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSBP/NSHP) that will be held in ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 3:45PM
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Date:
Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7:30 AM
Address:
Atlanta
840 Cherokee Ave SE
Fees:
$30.00
Registration Closing Date:
Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:59 PM
Brief Description:
4th Annual Atlanta HBCU 5K Run Walk. Proceeds benefit the sch ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 3:35PM
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By PR Newswire:
--The National College Completion Agenda--
Please join the Southern Education Foundation (SEF)—which on June 23-25 will be convening more than 100 HBCU presidents and trustees for its 2011 HBCU Governance and Institutional Eff ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 3:28PM
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By NAFEO:
A delegation representing the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) ended an unprecedented four-day confab with Senegalese officials including His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade, president of Senegal . The in ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 3:12PM
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By DALE LINDER-ALTMAN:
State colleges and universities are not only looking for donations to help meet their daily needs in a tough economy, they're also trying to build up endowments to provide stability during future downturns.
South Carolina ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 2:56PM
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By Kendra Carter:
The fourth annual Med Camp will be July 11-15 on the Valley Street Campus of Gadsden State Community College. Ten students will be accepted to participate in the program. The camp is designed for students in grades seven through ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 2:45PM
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By Laurie D. Willis:
From its inception, Livingstone College has always been steeped in faith.
There’s simply no other explanation — other than God’s grace — for how a group of African Methodist Episcopal Zion ministers, with limited me ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 2:41PM
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By Edrea Davis:
The tragedies caused by recent tornadoes, hurricanes and other weather disasters as well as the failing economy were used to underscore the urgent need to build green during the United Negro College Fund's (UNCF) Institute for Capa ...
Posted Monday, June 20th 2011 at 2:30PM
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An insightful look at prepping for college, starting early in childhood, can be found in the new book, Tom Joyner presents How to Prepare for College, which journeys through life's key years, defining appropriate steps to take and significant resources to access ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2011 at 3:31PM
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By DEBORAH CIRCELLI:
A new motorsports team geared toward diversity unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to bring money to historically black, Hispanic and other colleges while also attracting minority fans to racing.
Complete with a new hip-h ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2011 at 3:01PM
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By Tricia Bishop:
--Group claims state discriminates against black colleges, universities--
After nearly five years of litigation, a coalition representing Maryland's historically black public colleges and universities has agreed to discuss a s ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2011 at 2:57PM
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By PRNewswire:
-Extra scholarship dollars is just one of the incentives for taking the PSAT-
The PSAT prep test is a critical – but often overlooked - step for college students seeking financial aid. Over 1.4 million US high school stud ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2011 at 2:42PM
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By Kate Howard, Mary Kelli Palka:
--Income still not a factor to determine scholarship eligibility.
Recipients of Bright Futures scholarships this fall may need to fill out one more form before they can get their money.
A new state law requi ...
Posted Thursday, June 16th 2011 at 2:33PM
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