Larry Payne grew up in north Louisiana before enjoying a majorly successful career in the energy industry, but it was the years he spent as a student at Grambling State University (GSU) that made one of the biggest impacts on his life.
Now a retir ...
Posted Monday, June 26th 2023 at 11:11AM
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Posted Friday, June 23rd 2023 at 5:48PM
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Posted Friday, June 23rd 2023 at 5:45PM
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Today, Prairie View A&M University officially opened its new $70 million Engineering Classroom and Research Building. In its 75th year, ENCARB is the sixth building to be added to the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering complex.
Nearly two-thirds ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 5:31PM
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Florida A&M University alumnus G. Scott Uzzell has been named Vice President/GM, North America, NIKE Inc.
He was previously President & CEO of Converse, Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of the business globally and successfully retur ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 4:51PM
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Virginia State University alumna Aaliyah Duah has been named the HBCU Entrepreneur of the Year in honor of her outstanding work in fostering entrepreneurship and financial literacy in the black community.
Aaliyah founded Financial Revolutionn, a s ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 4:42PM
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – June 2nd marked Mayson Harris’ second trip to New York City. But in a twist of fate, this visit to the Big Apple held something extraordinary in store. The prospect of performing at Carnegie Hall fueled Harris, a ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 4:28PM
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In recent years, U.S. corporations and foundations have increased giving to HBCUs, the Associated Press reports.
During the pandemic when most colleges were shut down, Dominion Energy in Virginia donated $500,000 towards laptops and hot spots for ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 4:22PM
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With Springtime coming in slowly and off the heels of Black History Month, it’s time to bring in some new energy. There is no shortage of contributions that HBCU alums have made to our society. So I come bearing gifts and with items and services to h ...
Posted Thursday, June 22nd 2023 at 12:57PM
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June is Pride Month, an annual celebration of the many contributions made by the LGBTQIA+ community to history, society, and cultures worldwide. This Pride Month, we are celebrating the LGBTQIA + community and those that are products of historically ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 6:35PM
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Valerie Kinloch has been hired as Johnson C. Smith University’s new president, replacing Clay Armbrister, who is retiring this summer after five years at the school.
Kinloch, a Charleston native who earned her undergraduate degree from JCSU in 199 ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 6:05PM
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According to a report by McKinsey & Company, “there is an estimated $1.6 trillion gap in aggregate revenue between Black-owned and non-Black-owned businesses across the U.S. economy — a figure that has only grown over recent decades.” In 2021, Africa ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 2:20PM
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Kareem Michel has had an itch to work and earn money since he was a kid. Born in Haiti, he moved at the age of 4 to Marietta, where his father drives for Uber and his mother runs a cleaning business.
When he was younger, Michel used to save the mo ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 1:52PM
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Clark Atlanta is riding a wave of interest shared by dozens of historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, across the country as students increasingly choose to attend campuses where they know they will feel welcomed, safe, and understood ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 11:52AM
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Shaw University, the first HBCU in the south, is seeking to rezone 27 acres of its downtown campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, while also asking for its property to be redesignated as a “Mixed Business District”. They are requesting to increase the e ...
Posted Wednesday, June 21st 2023 at 11:14AM
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