Philander Smith College recently announced that the Arkansas Community Foundation and the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative have awarded $25,000 to the institution’s Social Justice Institute.
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Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2021 at 12:32PM
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ASU Alumna Lauren Davidson Chambers is making history after becoming the first Black CEO of Columbus Georgia's "The Mill District." In true HBCU grad fashion, this young lady is making a difference in her new position and representing our beloved ins ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2021 at 12:20PM
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Award-winning actor Denzel Washington’s family foundation has made the fourth $100,000 installment toward a $1 million commitment to support student members of the legendary Wiley College debate team.
The historically Black college in Marshall, Te ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2021 at 11:53AM
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WASHINGTON – Howard University announced today that Nikole Hannah-Jones and Howard alumnus Ta-Nehisi Coates will join the Howard University faculty. Hannah-Jones will be a tenured member of the faculty of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, fi ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2021 at 11:48AM
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You’ve imagined finding a great job. But have you ever considered finding it with the U.S. Secret Service? We’ll let you in on a secret: We’re currently hiring for a wide variety of positions and we’re especially interested in high-caliber people l ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 5:42PM
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Two-time Alabama State University graduate, Dr. Derrick Brewster, returns to his alma mater to take the reins as the institution’s new vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. Brewster’s hiring was approved o ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 3:50PM
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Growing up, Dr. Julius Davis had few Black male educators. Now, the Bowie State University education professor is trying to change that experience for generations of students by encouraging more Black male students to consider the education professio ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 11:33AM
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Central State University announced it will receive a $2.2M five-year federal grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to help more students succeed in and graduate from college through its TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) department. Cent ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 11:29AM
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We're proud to say that the HBCU community will be represented in Tokyo for this year's Olympic games!
Shawn Rowe, a Saint Augustine's University graduate will be competing on behalf of Jamaica's Olympic team after placing second in the 400-meter ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 11:12AM
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UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI) announces a research initiative, “The HBCU Experience: An Exploration of Peer Networks and Workforce Outcomes for HBCU Alumni”, that will examine the impact that socialization at historically B ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 10:57AM
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Texas Southern University (TSU) is launching the country's first Navy JROTC Cadet Flight Academy today. The inaugural class of Navy cadets is comprised of incoming high school seniors from around the country. The selection process for the Navy JROTC ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 10:49AM
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While summer is in full swing, college athletes who practice year-round are already looking toward the season ahead – and many rely on key equipment, uniforms, and transportation to keep them performing at their best. These activities require funding ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2021 at 9:58AM
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Allen University heads to space with corporate partner The Boeing Company. The institution is one of 14 historically black colleges and universities that Boeing is commemorating on its CST-100 Starliner second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2).
Of the 1 ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2021 at 4:06PM
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For Immediate Release:
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King had a Dream and we carry on his Dream. We walk in his footsteps. The Low Country Veterans Group of Georgetown, South Carolina will be starting a Great Crusade to ask President Biden and Congr ...
Posted Saturday, July 3rd 2021 at 11:15AM
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After many years of fighting for their right to profit off their name, image and likeness, the way has now been cleared for college athletes to begin a new era of NIL deals and endorsements. According to a report by Front Office Sports, a rising Tenn ...
Posted Friday, July 2nd 2021 at 8:09PM
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