Virginia Union University's Taylor White, who was the 2015-16 CIAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was chosen to the All-CIAA Volleyball Team in 2016 was honored as Co-Valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at the University's Commencement on Saturday, May 13, in Richmond, Va.
White, who was co-vale ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2017 at 4:09PM
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ESPN President John Skipper addresses audience at Tuskegee University Commencement.
In addition to the degrees conferred on them on May 13, Tuskegee Universitys class of 2017 received a commission from c ...
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Suzanne Walsh, deputy director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations Postsecondary Success Team, will deliver the keynote address during Johnson C. Smith Universitys 145th Commencement Exercise 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2017. The event will be he ...
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Summer Music Camp for River Region Middle Schoolers!
Sharpen Kid's Skills in a Day-Long Setting; Nurtured by Trained ASU Faculty Music Professionals
WHAT: Area middle school band & choral students can enhance their music skills in a fun settin ...
Posted Thursday, May 18th 2017 at 2:20PM
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HBCU Records, a student-run indie record label formed by the University's Curb Institute, is preparing to release its first mixtape fall 2017. The mixtape, which is currently untitled will feature, Daniel "DJ DGlove" Glover, a student from the College of Liberal Arts who will mix on the production a ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2017 at 9:41AM
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Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. encouraged Claflin Universityfs newest graduates to define themselves using their own standards, not the standards of others.
"Don't play it safe and accept assumptions. I pray that you refuse this temptation," he said Saturday.
Glaude, the chairman of the Departme ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2017 at 9:32AM
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Nidiyah Malkia-Elisa McDuffie, a graduating senior at Richland Northeast High School, has made her college decision. After 8 months of filing applications and 19 acceptance letters, Claflin University is her choice.
Although all the colleges and universities have her major and offered her merit ...
Posted Wednesday, May 17th 2017 at 9:17AM
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Ashley Stewart will award a $10,000 scholarship to one student who is currently attending North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T) and meets the criteria outlined below.
Ashley Stewart is a market-leading brand in the plus-size fashion industry after emerging from bankruptcy only three ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2017 at 10:51AM
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Lincoln Universitys Board of Trustees announced at a special meeting held May 11 the selection of Dr. Brenda Allen, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Winston-Salem State University, as president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. Allen, who is an alumna of Lincoln University ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2017 at 10:45AM
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Author: K. Dawn Rutledge
Although native Floridians, Freddie L. and Dr. Susie Blocker Stewart Robinson, Sr. , were only two hours away from each other in their hometowns of Fort Pierce and Sanford, respectively. It was an 11-hour trip up the road to Nashville, Tennessee that created the sett ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2017 at 10:43AM
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Why History?
History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future. - Robert Penn Warren
The Department of History is dedicated to the humanistic study of the past for a b ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2017 at 10:38AM
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Mother's Day weekend is extra special for one Orangeburg family. They're not just celebrating one college graduation, but three!
Dora Waymer graduated from Claflin University right along side her daughter and son.
She, along with her son Jayson, were part of the very first class to earn th ...
Posted Tuesday, May 16th 2017 at 10:32AM
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Bakari Sellers, who made history in 2006 as the youngest African American elected official in the nation, will be the speaker at Winston-Salem State Universitys 2017 Commencement Ceremony at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, May 19.
At age 22, Sellers defeated a 26-year incumbent state representative to beco ...
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