The Mentoring Dilemma
Mentorship is important during all stages of life. It is truly essential as one navigates their way through academia. It can be the difference between one getting accepted into a university for their undergraduate degree, graduate degree, receiving job offers, or being inducted onto special
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Black College Student Pledge
I pledge allegiance, to the Love
Of my Brothers and Sisters in this College,
And to the family for which we now belong,
One student body, under God, indivisible with love and compassion for each other.
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Who Owns the Right to Speak?
I recently viewed an exchange between one of my favorite reporters, Piers Morgan of CNN, and cultural critic and essayist Toure' and found it to be troubling. I think the problem in our country when discussions of race, class, religion, sexuality, and any other sensitive topic comes up the "Right to
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Apply your education and professional experience in a global public service career
Apply your professional skills, cultural background and unique perspectives to a global public service career with the U.S. Department of State. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of State offers Foreign Service careers that provide an opportunity to live and work abroad as an Of
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HBCU Connect Testimonial: Not Only Helping HBCUs but Helping Students
Hey, HBCU Connect members! We would like to share a testimonial from the father of an student who interned with us about a year or so ago. When we can help make a difference in someone's life (and have the means to do so), it is always a good feeling to not only help our HBCUs but to also help those
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HBCUConnect.com 2012 Summer Internship Program
The HBCUConnect.com 2011-Summer Internship Program is a 10 - Week paid work experience where you will receive unlimited experience that will help develop your education, your skills, and prepare you for your future career! The Industries we are offering experience in
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Apply Now: HR Communications Internship
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), with about $10 billion in revenues and about 570,000 clients, is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions. Leveraging over 60 years of experience, ADP offers a wide range of human resource, payroll, tax and benefits adminis
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I Just Want To Graduate: A Students Struggle to stay in school
I Have attended Livingstone college since June 2010 and my experience there has been one for the books. aside from all the drama of college my biggest issue was paying for it. Not only am i a young black woman trying to create a better life for myself the right way but i honestly thought that the be
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Hampton University's Wanda Sykes: Her Startling Ancestry Roots
Wanda Sykes' family history was professionally researched for a segment of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., a new series that will debut Sunday on PBS. While Gates, The Root's editor-in-chief and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
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That's The Only Problem
We live in a time where everything is ‘gotcha’. Not only is that our style of politics and law enforcement, but it is now a reality that we all have to deal with. From the ATM to the Waffle House you would have probably passed on about 5 video cameras not including the ones at the ATM and
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Trayvon is Nothing New: The Murder of Black America
By now, unless you haven’t turned on your television or logged on to any social networks in awhile, you have heard about the horrific, untimely death of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin. He has been the latest mass-circulated victim of being a young Black male in...
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Great Jobs, Great Location at The Hartford! About Hartford
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) is a leading provider of insurance and wealth management services for millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. The Hartford is consistently recognized for its superior service, its sustainability efforts and as on
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