Cynthia Warrick, PhD RPh
Interim President
Stillman College
Dr. Cynthia Warrick began her tenure as Interim President of Stillman College on January 1, 2017. A pharmacist and health services researcher, Dr. Warrick has 20 years of Higher Educa ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 2:15PM
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The UNCF® Career Pathways Initiative, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., awarded $35 million in grants to selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs) to address social and economic issues of minority graduation, unemployment, and underemploy ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 2:10PM
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Mobile Lab Helps Young Students in Greater Memphis Get Hands-On STEM Experience
In 2015, Baptist Memorial Health Care helped sponsor a LeMoyne-Owen College mobile lab designed to help get young students excited about science. This bus, known as “S ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 2:05PM
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Oakwood University kicks off Black History Month tomorrow during Chapel service at 9:50 a.m. at the University Church. The program entitled "Walk With Me" is a musical narrative commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Stree ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 2:00PM
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Head women’s basketball coach Sheba Harris earned her 100th career coaching victory as the Lady Marauders of Central State University defeated the Lane College Dragons, 68-63, on Monday night.
At the end of the 1st quarter, LC took a 16-9 lead but ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2017 at 1:24PM
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ASU's Founders' Day is Friday!
- Historic Bell Ringing Ceremony at 9 a.m. in front of the ASU Library -
- Founder's Day Convocation at 10 a.m. in the ASU Dunn-Oliver Acadome -
HISTORIC BELL RINGING CEREMONY @ 9 a.m. FRIDAY
Join us at Alabama St ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 6:19PM
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Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are set to square off Tuesday in a televised debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's signature law.
CNN announced early on Wednesday that it would air a town hall-style ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 5:11PM
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Two Republicans in the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday they will not vote to confirm billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos as the next secretary of education, increasing the possibility that the charter-schools advocate w ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 4:47PM
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would urge fellow Republicans in the Senate to invoke a rule change to force a simple majority vote on his Supreme Court nominee if Democrats blo ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 2:36PM
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In gripping fashion, Coleman examines the ways that the legacies of slavery, war, sharecropping, poverty and alcoholism mask a family history of mental illness.
Monica A. Coleman shares her life-long dance with trauma, depression and the threat of ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 12:50PM
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Students toured Meharry Medical College (a BCF school), along with local United Methodist agencies and offices in Nashville, Tennessee.
From The United Methodist Church, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
The Lina H. McCord progra ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 12:46PM
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The Fisk University Computer Science Club has been awarded $3,000 from the Student Seed Fund to help launch a new chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery for Women (ACM-W) on campus. Sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 12:35PM
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The Lina H. McCord program welcomes eight students from United Methodist-related historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) to serve as its 2017 summer interns. The summer intern program, sponsored by the Black College Fund (BCF), a ministry ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 11:08AM
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Welcome Brenda Hatton-Ficklin!
Pine Bluff Native is New Director of Alumni Relations
Following a rigorous national search, Brenda Hatton-Ficklin of Little Rock has been selected to serve as Director of Alumni Relations at Philander Smith Colleg ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 11:02AM
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By Darran Simon, CNN
Alex Liddell Jr. sang an Al Green song as he sorted through recently dry-cleaned uniforms -- deep crimson with Carolina blue accents -- for his marching band's biggest performance ever.
Liddell, the tuba section leader of T ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 10:56AM
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The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Dr. Wayne J. Riley as president of SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Riley is currently a clinical professor of Medicine and adjunct professor of Health Policy at the Vanderbilt Univ ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 10:52AM
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Concordia has once again expanded its academic reach by adding a new degree concentration to its growing list of academic programs. Students now have the option to study music with this new Associate of Arts degree with Music Concentration. The music ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2017 at 10:46AM
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with Hammonds House Museum and Take on the Arts, hosts The Highwaymen: Legacy of a Landscape. This exhibition honors the artistic contribution and historical relevance of The Highwaymen an innovative ensemble of self-taught African American landsc ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 8:20PM
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In Congressional hearings this week, members of Congress will discuss the pros and cons of Medicaid and the health insurance marketplaces.
Nearly 1 out of 3 people covered by Medicaid expansion live with a mental heal ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 4:37PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! R E M I N D E R TO R E G I S T E R & A T T E N D!
Register now for our webinar on
Engaging Legal Advocates in ESSA Implementation
Thursday 2/2/17 at 2pm ET / 11am PT
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Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 4:08PM
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This month, three new states moved toward adopting tuition-free higher education programs.
• On January 3rd, Governor Andrew Cuomo traveled to LaGuardia Community College to announce (http://headsupamerica.us/free-tuit ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 3:34PM
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Fifteen Ways You Can Combat Human Trafficking
(There are many links in this information. Please be sure to viit the website and click ALL the links).
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. E ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 3:02PM
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The New York Times Magazine published the below article about the Opportunity Scholarship students -- also known as "Dreamers" -- who have been provided access to higher education at Delaware State University. The undocumented children of illegal imm ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 2:29PM
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The President and CEO of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and
Science (CDU) will moderate his second annual President’s Breakfast, Thursday, February 9th at
the Marriott in Marina del Rey, CA. He will moderate a spirited panel of experts in ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2017 at 2:23PM
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