The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced Vita Pickrum, vice president for institutional advancement at Delaware State University, as the recipient of the 2021 Commonfund College and University Foundation Award.
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Posted Friday, February 5th 2021 at 5:48PM
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Fidelity Investments plans to hire 4,000 people over the next six months as the money manager benefits from this year’s turmoil while some of its rivals struggle.
The Boston-based firm said Tuesday the additions will be in areas including financial advisers and customer service agents, and repres ...
Posted Friday, February 5th 2021 at 4:28PM
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The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced Vita Pickrum, vice president for institutional advancement at Delaware State University, as the recipient of the 2021 Commonfund College and University Foundation Award.
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Posted Friday, February 5th 2021 at 2:34PM
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Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Accenture employs over 500,000 people who deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2021 at 6:18PM
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According to Nylon, New York streetwear brand, Alife has recently teamed up with Urban Outfitters to celebrate HBCUs and just in time for Black History Month. The collaboration has created a series of hoodies to help HBCU students and grads rep the ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 4:41PM
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Last summer, during a protest following George Floyd’s death, two HBCU students, one Spelman College student and one Morehouse College student were forcefully pulled from their car, thrown to the ground, tased, and ultimately arrested by a group of A ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 4:31PM
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Deadline, Oscar-nominated animation house, Laika, is partnering up with Bowie State University to increase the number of Black animators by providing a “direct pathway into the industry.” What started as an internship program ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 4:13PM
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Did you know that today, Feb. 3 in 1956, Autherine Juanita Lucy became the first black student at University of Alabama?
Lucy’s decision to integrate the University of Alabama was met both with support and a lack thereof from within the black com ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 3:44PM
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GlaxoSmithKline has a range of existing development programs specifically focused on encouraging a more racially and ethnically diverse pipeline of talent for leadership roles. These include talent leadership development programs in Asia and Accelera ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 3:33PM
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The North America business of Diageo, a global beverage leader, is committing $10 million to support 25 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and creating permanent endowed funds to provide financial aid grants anticipated to benefit t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 at 3:21PM
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HOUSTON, TX –February 2, 2021 – Texas Southern University (TSU) has been awarded funding totaling $4.75 million from Houston Endowment for several academic, arts and social justice initiatives. Grants were awarded to TSU’s Center for Justice Research ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 6:22PM
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Thanks to the benefits of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplement Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), several HBCUs will be able to have some of their debt relieved. One of those schools is Wilberforce University in Ohio.
As the first private HBCU ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 5:40PM
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NBA superstar Chris Paul has always shown a lot of love to HBCUs. Whether it was enrolling in Winston-Salem State University, helping create HBCU Con or just repping a different HBCU on his shoes every game, he has made it clear that he is serious ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 5:18PM
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HOUSTON, TX – February 2, 2021 – Texas Southern University kicked-off Black History Month on February 1st with various campaigns highlighting the excellence of Blacks in America. A particular emphasis will be placed on Black history in the city of Ho ...
Posted Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 at 11:53AM
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Our girl Stacey Abrams is finally getting all of the recognition she deserves. As announced this morning, Abrams has made the list of Nobel Peace Prize nominees for her leadership and work with her voting organization, Fair Fight, a national voting r ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2021 at 12:27PM
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