The women’s Howard University Rugby Club squad, the only active HBCU rugby women’s team, took a big step forward this weekend. And with a little help, it can go even further.
The fledgling program won its College Rugby Association of America Regi ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 3:49PM
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There’s a dearth of men at many of the nation’s historically Black colleges.
Whether it’s sociology at Claflin University or media law at North Carolina Central University, there are sometimes few to no men in the classes. The faces of the marchi ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 3:32PM
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Bathing suits, booming music and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Orange Crush Festival, the popular event billed as a beach bash for HBCU students across the South, returned to Tybee Island in full force after its relocation to Jacksonville Beach, Flori ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 2:07PM
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America has woken up to the unique benefits of HBCUs for Black students. Enrollment is up, and, after a century of underfunding, some money has been coming in, from sources both public and private. Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to cele ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 2:01PM
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A group of American HBCU students traveled abroad to learn about the Black experience in other countries and learn how the Black community in the UK has met its own challenges of oppression and what they're doing about it.
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Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 2:00PM
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In the hopes of bridging pipeline gaps, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and One In Tech launched a new program for collegiate cyber students.
The NCA, which is headquartered in DC, partnered with Chicago-area One In Tech to create a $20, ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 1:57PM
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While every state in America recognizes Juneteenth, almost half have made June 19, the day celebrating enslaved people’s freedom, a paid holiday.
Lawmakers in Tennessee have voted to make Juneteenth a paid holiday, the latest state to do so.
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Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 1:29PM
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DOVER, Del. – Delaware State University Monday announced $1.6 million in congressionally directed spending for projects at Delaware State University. The funding is for projects that will create a Farm Incubator Module, expand mentorship and career d ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 10:46AM
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Nearly 200 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) from high schools across North Carolina learned valuable life lessons from African A ...
Posted Tuesday, April 25th 2023 at 10:42AM
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BET+, the leading streamer for Black audiences, announced today that “COLLEGE HILL: CELEBRITY EDITION” will be back on the yard for a second season. A fresh, new class of celebrities will live together and join the Historically Black Colleges and Uni ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 7:14PM
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The HBCU Founders Initiative (HBCUFI), a startup accelerator and non-profit that works with founders at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropic organization that funds scholarshi ...
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The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved changes in the leadership at Alcorn State University at its meeting held today in Jackson. Dr. Ontario S. Wooden, who currently serves as Provost and Senior Vice President for Ac ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 3:46PM
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Ambition, Techstars, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) are partnering to bring an immersive 3-day entrepreneurial experience to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this spring. The So Ambi ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 3:39PM
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In 1923, Bethune-Cookman University began playing intercollegiate football. One hundred years later, they experienced the pinnacle in HBCU football, earning two Black national championships in that time and 14 conference championships. With numerou ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 2:16PM
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All season long, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff men’s golf team was confident that this would be the year they would win the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.
That confidence was rewarded Wednesday afternoon as sophomore Patrick Mwendopole w ...
Posted Monday, April 24th 2023 at 2:12PM
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