While other companies, from the financial sector to airlines are laying off staff, canceling internships, and retreating behind closed doors, banking giant JPMorgan Chase announced on April 3rd that even though their college internship program will start in early July instead of June, due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic, it is going above and beyond its commitments to students, and will pay interns for the original duration of their summer engagement (9 or 10 weeks, depending on the internship) even though the internships will likely be shortened. ...
Posted Thursday, May 7th 2020 at 2:13PM
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Alcorn State University will receive nearly $6 million in federal emergency funds with half earmarked as grants to students impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result of this funding, the University is announcing plans to disburse grants directly ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2020 at 8:10PM
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The 2020 Nestlé Diversity Leadership Symposium (DLS) is a 3-day, intensive development program for undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds.
Nestlé will cover all applicable travel and hotel accommodations for accepted students. ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2020 at 2:26PM
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today awarded 19 grants totaling more than $14 million to provide scholarships at 1890 land-grant colleges and universities. The funding is made possible th ...
Posted Monday, May 4th 2020 at 7:43PM
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Nothing will stop Columbus, Mississippi native Tyler Wilson from taking the necessary steps to becoming a medical doctor, not even the COVID-19 pandemic. His dream motivated him to earn his degree in biology/pre-medicine from Alcorn State University. ...
Posted Monday, May 4th 2020 at 4:02PM
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HBCUCONNECT.COM recently reached out to our partners at Nationwide Insurance when our CEO received a note from Nationwide about money being credited back to him related to the COVID-19 crisis. ...
Posted Sunday, May 3rd 2020 at 11:39PM
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The life and legacy of former Alcorn State University legend, Coach Marino “The Godfather” Casem, is scheduled for this weekend.
A private graveside service for Casem will be held Saturday, May 2, at 11 a.m. at Green Oaks Memorial Park Cemetery, ...
Posted Friday, May 1st 2020 at 5:45PM
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Join Alabama State University's President Quinton T. Ross Jr. on Monday (May 4) at Noon (CST) as he is one of a select group of national university presidents who are part of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks' Historically B ...
Posted Friday, May 1st 2020 at 3:31PM
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 19 grant awards totaling more than $14 million to provide scholarships at 1890 land-grant colleges and universities. Alcorn State University will ...
Posted Thursday, April 30th 2020 at 7:22PM
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On April 29, 2020, Verizon held their virtual graduation ceremony for the 2020 class of the Verizon adFellows Fellowship Program. The program was a commitment of 8 months working mainly in NYC for top Fortune 50 marketing, advertising, and client-side companies in the US.
HBCUConnect was tasked w ...
Posted Wednesday, April 29th 2020 at 5:48PM
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There are several Blacks that claim to have Native American roots along with there African roots and this group are often described as Black Indians, since we were often told of having indian ancestry meaning the Indigenous people from the Americas. ...
Posted Tuesday, April 28th 2020 at 5:52PM
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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Alcorn State University will honor its spring 2020 graduates on Saturday, May 2, through its first virtual commencement ceremony.
“While no one could have anticipated recent events, I want our graduates and their fam ...
Posted Tuesday, April 28th 2020 at 5:29PM
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Alabama State University has announced plans to host a virtual senior week for the class of 2020 all this week through ASU's virtual Commencement Ceremony, which takes place on Friday (May 1).
The initiative includes a full slate of activities tha ...
Posted Tuesday, April 28th 2020 at 4:45PM
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If you want to work in pharmaceutical sales with a great company, now is your chance to get in! Pfizer has partnered with HBCUConnect.com to offer Black sales professionals at all experience levels a chance to interview for a new career in Pharma sales today! ...
Posted Tuesday, April 28th 2020 at 4:26AM
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By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU.
While the Hornet Nation and the rest of the country are sheltered-at-home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are taking the opportunity of working on their “honey-do” home improvement lists. Alabama State Univer ...
Posted Thursday, April 23rd 2020 at 1:09PM
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