While many 14-year-olds look for ways to spend the summer vacation, Polite Stewart Jr. has made his plans. He will be beginning his freshman year at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2008 at 12:11PM
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HBCU Connect is happy to welcome ‘Literature for All of Us’ to our career center.
Literature for All of Us is a nationally recognized and award-winning organization. Initiated in 1996 as a volunteer effort led by Executive Director Karen Thoms ...
Posted Thursday, June 12th 2008 at 2:26PM
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By Amber Perry -- Black College Wire
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Kofi Lomotey and his wife, Nahuja Since the fall, Margaret Ambrose has served as interim chancellor.
The Southern University Board of Supervisors voted 9-6 on May ...
Posted Friday, June 6th 2008 at 11:27AM
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According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, in 2007 Howard University had a graduation rate of 60 percent, up two points from the rate the journal reported i ...
Posted Wednesday, June 4th 2008 at 10:54AM
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Prairie View A&M Awarded $100,000 Grant from
Tom Joyner Foundation and National Education Association
~Funds will be awarded to teachers in urban and rural areas seeking certification~
DALLAS, Texas--Prairie View A&M University has been sel ...
Posted Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 at 3:40PM
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By Michelle D. Anderson -- Black College Wire
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Morehouse Public Relations
Joshua Packwood at Morehouse commencement
While the nation may soon be witnessing the induction of its first non-white president, Morehouse College will be honoring its first white valedictorian in th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2008 at 12:31PM
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Hampton, Va. - Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey was inducted into the Hampton Roads Business Hall of Fame on May 15 at the Norfolk Marriott, Norfolk, Va. Proceeds from this black-tie dinner and awards ceremony benefit Junior Achiev ...
Posted Wednesday, May 21st 2008 at 10:17AM
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The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is a fully accredited, multi- campus, culturally diverse community college committed to academic excellence. Our innovative educational strategies make CCBC the college of choice for nearly 70,000 stud ...
Posted Monday, May 19th 2008 at 3:34PM
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The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is a fully accredited, multi- campus, culturally diverse community college committed to academic excellence. Our innovative educational strategies make CCBC the college of choice for nearly 70,000 stud ...
Posted Monday, May 19th 2008 at 3:32PM
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By Kevin McGhee -- Black College Wire
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Kevin McGhee
There has been much talk about whether there is a continued need for historically black bolleges and universities. Most agree that they played an instrumental role in the development ...
Posted Tuesday, May 13th 2008 at 10:00AM
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By Michelle D. Anderson -- Black College Wire
After a vigorous eight-month search, Howard University’s Board of Trustees has selected Sidney A. Ribeau as the institution’s 16th president in a unanimous decision.
“I am excited by the o ...
Posted Monday, May 12th 2008 at 11:25AM
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By Acquanetta Donnell Jr. & staff reports -- Black College Wire
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TSU Freedom Riders Allen Cason, Mary Jane Smith, Etta Simpson and Rip Patton
The Tennessee Board of Regents voted unanimously on April 25 to award ...
Posted Monday, May 12th 2008 at 11:21AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2008 JUMP START U 4 COLLEGE PROGRAM AND TOUR
Applications are now available for the 2008 Jump Start U 4 College Program and Tour. Students who will be enrolled in grades 9 – 12 during the 2008-09 school years may ...
Posted Friday, May 9th 2008 at 10:16AM
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Knowing when to make the right financial investment, By Hezekiah Griggs, 19 year old retired millionaire
1) – The first thing that you need to do is evaluate your current financial situation. Set limits on what you can do with any financial opportunity that may come your way. In business w ...
Posted Monday, May 5th 2008 at 11:32AM
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By Tressia J. Amacher
I know that most of us have very busy lives, but I beg each of you to take just a few short moments of your time to read this. Wherever you are... whatever you are doing, please, press your 'pause' button and give me your und ...
Posted Thursday, March 13th 2008 at 5:01PM
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From basketball superstar to emerging actor, Rick Fox keeps his eye on
the prize and his ego in check to score big every time.
Rick Fox is not afraid to fail and views every bump in the road as an opportunity to grow, so for this very reason, he ...
Posted Thursday, March 13th 2008 at 7:27AM
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Columbus, OH - February signifies the annual celebration of Black History Month, an occasion to recognize African American people and organizations making a difference in society past and present. Lee Moss Media’s BlackHistory.com has identified the most prominent corporate supporters of Black ...
Posted Wednesday, March 12th 2008 at 7:46AM
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By Leroy Mikell
Black College Wire
The 10th Annual National HBCU Newspaper Conference in Baltimore ended with a much-anticipated awards banquet. A few months earlier, students from the nation's HBCUs submitted their best work to a panel of judges ...
Posted Wednesday, March 5th 2008 at 10:42AM
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“If there were not HBCUs,’ they would have to be invented.”
There are 110 historically black colleges in the United States today, including public and private, two-year and four-year institutions, medical schools and community colleges.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 de ...
Posted Monday, March 3rd 2008 at 2:36PM
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Black college football stars past and present gathered at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Atlanta, Georgia for the 34th Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Football Banquet on February 16, 2008. The upscale event, appropriately themed “Creating and Celebrating Legends”, recogniz ...
Posted Friday, February 29th 2008 at 10:59AM
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President Bush's 2009 education budget proposal would slash $85 million in funds earmarked for historically black colleges and universities, reports Amanda Lehmert of North Carolina-based news-record.com.
The budget proposal essentially cancels an increase for those
schools ...
Posted Wednesday, February 27th 2008 at 12:06PM
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