The Department of Music at Alabama State University has been awarded a $20,000 Alabama Arts Education Initiative grant from the Alabama State Department of Education.
The grant funds will enable ASU, in conjunction with its Zelia Stephens Early Chi ...
Posted Friday, April 22nd 2016 at 12:15PM
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Harriet Tubman and President Andrew Jackson lived on opposite sides of the American experience.
Tubman, a black woman, escaped slavery to become a conductor on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to lead slaves to freedom. Jackson, the son ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2016 at 2:22PM
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Delivering meals to elderly citizens was all in a day’s work for senior administrators at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), on April 19.
The University’s executive leaders participated in the Elder Care Services, Inc. “Big Whe ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2016 at 10:34AM
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Photo: Cameraman and Morehouse Man Alfeo Dixon ’90 sets up a shot during filming of “The Yard.”
By ADD SEYMOUR JR. — Over recent weeks, Morehouse has been the site of a NASA building in 1960s Virginia and a fictional, contemporary public historica ...
Posted Thursday, April 21st 2016 at 10:12AM
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In a recent Christian Ministry class, guest presenter Chaplain Kimberley Mann, from Oakwood's Office of Spiritual Life, electrified students in Dr. Jeffrey Brown's students with her presentation, "When the Pastor Marries a Man" (no pun intended). Som ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2016 at 6:02PM
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Dr. Jame’l Hodges, TSU’s assistant dean of Student Life and Engagement, has been named a Maxine Smith Fellow with the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Hodges is the fourth TSU administrator to receive the honor in the last few years.
As a Maxine Smi ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2016 at 4:48PM
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West Virginia State University (WVSU) political science students received real world insight on Thursday, April 14, into issues affecting the Middle East during an innovative new ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2016 at 1:24PM
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The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has announced the dates and locations for its 2016 Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK). SEEK, founded in 2007, is the nation’s largest summer engineering program geared toward African-American ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2016 at 12:38PM
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April 29th is the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Spring Festival!
Parents, Students! Looking for Schools with In-State-Tuition, then Look no Further!
One Day Trip, Two College Tours: University of Maryland Eastern Shore & Salisbury Uni ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2016 at 10:50AM
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Iraqi soldiers fire a rocket toward Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the Makhmour south of Mosul, Iraq, March 25, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Mosul will be liberated by the end of 2016.
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Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2016 at 9:56PM
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Kwame Foundation will host its 13th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park in St. Louis. Proceeds will fund more than 15 college scholarships for students who otherwise might not atte ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2016 at 3:43PM
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Savannah State University’s (SSU) Environmental Club is hosting an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 22, 4 – 7 p.m. at the Gazebo on campus.
The club is creating a model home constructed from recyclable items such as plastic bottles to demons ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2016 at 12:45PM
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Communications chair Dr. Terry Likes won seven awards in five different categories.
Likes said the awards were a result of hard work in the department, particularly in the case of the students.
“We have been working hard for several years to impl ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 4:11PM
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The Alcorn State University Braves Men’s and Women’s Tennis coach, Anthony Dodgen, has once again led one of his teams to the top of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Alcorn’s Women’s Tennis team defeated the Jackson State University Tigers 4- ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 3:00PM
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A group of eight African-American PhD candidates at the Indiana School of Education has made a name for themselves as the “great eight.” They have formed a supportive sisterhood for each other, soon after realizing that there were not many women of c ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2016 at 2:59PM
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