Check out this video from HBCU alum Kaylei where she talks all about her experience being featured in an HBCU Connect alumni magazine and gives advice on how to build a strong brand and following online!
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Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 5:13PM
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Meet twin brothers Warner and Waverly Watkins, the founders and designers of Brownstone, one of the newest Black-owned menswear brands to be sold in fashion retail giant Nordstrom.
The brand boasts of contemporary designs created by the Watkins br ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:45PM
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Terrica Smith, now the founder and CEO of Cachet Real Estate and Salt Capital Equity Group, used to dream of having her own home when she was homeless and living on the streets years ago. Now, she is making other homeless families' dreams come true a ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:38PM
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The 2021 Oscars were last night, and an HBCU grad was in the mix and made history (as per usual)! Jackson State alum Mia Neal won an Academy Award for her work in the film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Neal served as wig designer and hair department ch ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 4:29PM
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A talented group of Spelman College students competed against teams from seven other historically Black colleges and universities to win $1 million in the Goldman Sachs Market Madness: HBCUs Possibilities Program.
The competition, which is in its ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 2:43PM
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Darnell Parker and Derek Taylor, two banking veterans and the owners of Ingenious Financial, have announced plans to raise $200 million Series A funding to purchase an existing bank. Parker, who is the compan ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:23PM
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At just 12-years old, Alena Wicker is set to start college at Arizona State University, majoring in astronomical and planetary science and chemistry. She plans to be an engineer for NASA someday.
“I always dreamed of being an engineer because thro ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:22PM
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Sister scientists Drs. Myla Patterson-Smith, Shuntae Williams, Charletha Irvin Joseph, and Elethia Tillman have partnered to create the Black Scientist Cooperative (“BSC”) Podcast. These HBCU graduates were raised and educated by the Black community ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:20PM
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Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield, a senior at Albany High School in upstate New York, has made history as the school’s first Black valedictorian since 1868.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
She is the First Black Valedictorian at Her High School in 152 Years
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Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:12PM
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King Randall is a 21-year old who is making a difference in his community.
When Randall was just 19-years old he founded a youth organization solely out of his pocket called The X for Boys, which provides a safe space for teenage boys age 11-17. T ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 5:08PM
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Pongee Barnes, a 36-year old mom from Chicago, is celebrating having written 15 different books during the pandemic with her two sons, 10-year old Benjamin and 7-year old Franklin. The books are a part of a series called Little Owners that is designe ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 4:56PM
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Virginia State University has been selected by Governor Ralph Northam for a new initiative that will position the University to become a major pipeline for filling the STEM teacher shortage in Virginia. HBCUTeach is a national initiative developed a ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 4:41PM
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Meharry Medical College has announced the receipt of a $1.1 million grant from the Truist Foundation to develop a national model for COVID-19 contact tracing through advanced technology solutions to limit the spread of the virus, especially among min ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 4:32PM
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Miles College recently announced its partnership with Propel Center, a new global campus headquartered in Atlanta that will support innovative learning and development for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) nationwide. Miles College ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 4:25PM
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Purdue University and Morgan State University are partnering to launch a new program directed at students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Purdue will offer its aeronautics and astronautics expertise to Morgan State as the s ...
Posted Friday, April 23rd 2021 at 4:21PM
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