Alcorn is one of eight Mississippi institutions to share a $2.25 million higher education grant from the Department of Education’s Student Support Services program. Alcorn will receive $329,571 to aid its Student Support Services program.Alcorn ...
Posted Thursday, July 23rd 2015 at 5:03PM
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Breaking color barriers is par for the course for African Americans. Lee Elders did exactly that 40 years ago by making history for becoming the first African American to attend the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia in 1975. In a star studded ce ...
Posted Thursday, July 23rd 2015 at 4:58PM
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Fisk University trustees recently established a Global Studies Fund to enable Fisk students to attend The London School of Economics and Political Science. This Study Abroad project was conceived by Trustee Hassell McClellan with the support of Trust ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 at 6:21PM
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Fisk University recently signed an unprecedented nine partnership agreements with leading Chinese universities, which are expected to pave the way for significant academic and cultural exchanges in the years ahead for the University.
Seven agreement ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 at 6:13PM
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Fisk University will begin its 150th Anniversary celebration with a Pre-Sesquicentennial event, the play, “Lady Patriot.” Written and directed by actor and prolific author/playwright Ted Lange, the play tells the story of Mary Bowser, the ...
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 at 6:11PM
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On July 23, Oakwood University will host the Huntsville Beautification Awards. The work of Oakwood's Grounds Department has been recognized on the City's Beautification Honor Roll for more than 14 years. The award, which is a green and gold sign cons ...
Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2015 at 7:04PM
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Teachers and leaders of colleges, high schools, and college-prep programs, who need an innovative, educational resource, for preparing students to succeed in college, have a new solution. Acing The Undergrad: The Show is a ten-episode web-series avai ...
Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2015 at 6:59PM
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The Second Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit will be held on Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26th, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the only national conference in the country created especially for HBCU students and graduates inter ...
Posted Tuesday, July 21st 2015 at 6:14PM
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Tomorrow, July 17th, Congresswoman Alma Adams, Ph.D (NC-12) will host a Twitter chat about HBCUs. This week, 19 HBCU Presidents and Chancellors were on Capitol Hill to celebrate 1890 Land Grant institutions. Congresswoman Adams wants to keep the cele ...
Posted Thursday, July 16th 2015 at 5:26PM
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Braves football quarterback Gibbs and the Alcorn Braves football team won awards for Male Athlete of the Year and Men’s Team of the Year at the fifth annual HBCU Awards presented by AARP at Hampton University Friday, July 10 in Hampton, Virgini ...
Posted Tuesday, July 14th 2015 at 2:53PM
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Allen University in partnership with The Watering Hole, a non-profit arts organization, Inspirations Academy, will sponsor a stellar camp for children: Back to School with S.T.E.A.M. The camp is a week long summer camp designed to holistically ...
Posted Monday, July 13th 2015 at 5:59PM
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Alcorn State University’s radio station, WPRL 91.7 FM, is gearing up for coverage of one of the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s biggest annual events.The radio station will be reporting live from the Southwestern Athletic Conference Me ...
Posted Friday, July 10th 2015 at 6:19PM
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) received Initial Approval status for its Pre-Licensure (Generic) Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) program from the Arkansas State Board of Nursing Wednesday. Enrollment is open for the upcom ...
Posted Friday, July 10th 2015 at 6:11PM
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Allen University in collaboration with It-oLogy and Partners for Minorities in Engineering and Computer Science (PMECS) is hosting a Cyber Security Workshop from July 6 through July 9, 2015. The workshop is sponsored by the U. S. Department of ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2015 at 5:55PM
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Allen University has created a scholarship fund to honor three alumni who lost their lives in the historic Mother Emanuel - African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church massacre on June 17, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. The Allen Universit ...
Posted Monday, July 6th 2015 at 5:31PM
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