Apple recently announced $30 million in new commitments as part of its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI), supporting students, innovators, and advocacy organizations that are leading the charge in creating a more inclusive, more just world. ...
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BROWN GIRL Jane and SheaMoisture proudly announce today its investment of a $150,000 grant fund plus comprehensive programming in support of Black-owned independent beauty and wellness brands. The second annual #BrownGirlSwap grant competition is run ...
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Claflin University First Lady LaKisha Warmack and President Dwaun J. Warmack celebrate the announcement of a $50,000 gift from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the AKA HBCU Endowment Initiative, to establish an endowment at Claflin that w ...
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A group of nine mountain climbers is setting out to make history by becoming the first Black Americans to reach the top of the highest mountain on Earth: Mount Everest.
Phil Henderson, a former instructor at the National Outdoor Leadership School ...
Posted Thursday, September 2nd 2021 at 12:53PM
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Four-star football recruit and youngest son of Deion "Primetime Sanders" is making history of his own.
JSU freshman quarterback Shedeur Sanders has just made it official and signed a deal with "Beats by Dre" making him the first collegiate athlet ...
Posted Thursday, September 2nd 2021 at 12:18PM
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Registration is now open for Zillow's first hackathon for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) around the country. Beginning September 23, the seven-day virtual competition challenges students to develop and pitch c ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 2:24PM
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Meet Dorothy Jean Tillman also known as “DJ”, a 14-year old genius from Chicago who has just earned her Master’s degree in Environmental and Sustainable Science from Unity College in Unity, Maine.
While in high school, she managed to earn her Asso ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 2:15PM
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Edward Waters University will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2. The teaching and learning initiative is designed to empower Historically Bla ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 2:09PM
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Among other members of the private sector and higher education institutions, Tougaloo College was one of the guests in the recent cybersecurity meeting at the White House on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. President Dr. Carmen J. Walters represented Toug ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 2:04PM
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Center Parc Credit Union is donating $2,500 to the Savannah State University Campus Community Garden. Developed as a means for students who face food insecurities to be able to grow healthy foods affordably, the garden provides hands-on learning expe ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 1:43PM
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Mississippi Valley State University officials recently announced that the “Educational Oasis of the Delta” received an anonymous $250,000 donation to support student scholarships.
Dr. Jerryl Briggs announced the “Prosperity Scholarship” during the ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 1:34PM
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Overall enrollment at the newly named Edward Waters University (EWU) has increased by a stunning 14% as marked at the close of its fall registration period on Friday, August 27, 2021. The phenomenal single-year, double-digit percentage enrollment inc ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 1:05PM
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Clark Atlanta University recently announced it will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2. The teaching and learning initiative is designed to em ...
Posted Wednesday, September 1st 2021 at 12:36PM
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Morehouse College has received a $350,000 grant from Wells Fargo to fund the Entrepreneurs of Color Program, which helps minority entrepreneurs to improve their business models, marketing outreach, technology systems, and seek resources necessary for ...
Posted Tuesday, August 31st 2021 at 4:20PM
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Today, Alabama State University announced it will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2. The teaching and learning initiative is designed to empo ...
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