Black Americans made strides in the job market in June, with their unemployment rate reaching its lowest level in seven years.
The black unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, the best showing since a 9.4 percent reading in June 2008.
Despite the i ...
Posted Thursday, July 2nd 2015 at 3:47PM
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Looking to be competitive in this global marketplace? A graduate degree makes a world of difference. ...
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Russell Simmons, the man who brought the music of Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and the Beastie Boys (among many others) to the mainstream with Def Jam Records, has a quiet, simple ritual he has subscribed to for 15 years, and to which he partly attributes his success: Meditation. Twenty minutes, twice a day. When asked why he — or anyone — should meditate, the media mogul has a str ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2015 at 12:52PM
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This year’s award ceremony recognizing historically black colleges and universities will have representation from Alcorn State University.
Alcorn will have five finalists in the fifth annual AARP HBCU Awards that will be presented on Hampton ...
Posted Monday, June 29th 2015 at 6:14PM
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Nassau, The Bahamas- The Ministry of Tourism is onboard as a major sponsor for the the Hack.IT summer technology camp set to take place July 13-July 17, 2015 at St. Andrew’s School in Nassau, Bahamas. Now in its second year, the camp is th ...
Posted Monday, June 29th 2015 at 1:23PM
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By Shelby Hodge
Five distinguished dads took bows at the Hess Club as honorees at the Houston Morehouse Alumni Association's annual Father's Day Brunch fundraiser while mayoral candidate State Rep. Sylvester Turner ...
Posted Monday, June 22nd 2015 at 3:26PM
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Can technology be used to connect homeless individuals and families to local shelters? A team of Bowie State University students thinks it’s possible – they have developed an electronic kiosk designed to link people seeking the help of lo ...
Posted Friday, June 19th 2015 at 3:08PM
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Allen University has lost two Alumni during a senseless shooting at Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC last night. The youngest victim was Mr. Tywanza Sanders -2014 graduate of the Division of Business Administration. He was a quiet, well known stu ...
Posted Thursday, June 18th 2015 at 6:25PM
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Posted by: Morgan State News June 16, 2015
The Morgan State University choir will be performing as part of the installation ceremony of United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday, June 17th.
And for the first time, television ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2015 at 2:48PM
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Christina Gray, Media Relations Specialist
NASA Oklahoma EPSCoR awarded $36,000 to Langston professor, Randy Hunt, Ph. D. and the School of Education and Behavioral Science to produce effective, informed, and reflective future STEM scientists capa ...
Posted Tuesday, June 16th 2015 at 2:16PM
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LeMoyne-Owen College Board of Trustees Chair Robert Lipscomb proudly announced Memphis, Tennessee native and 1976 LOC graduate Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller as the college’s 12th president after an exhaustive national search. “Today marks a new ...
Posted Friday, June 12th 2015 at 2:00PM
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Courtesy of The Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-remarkable-dominique-turner-0614-20150610-story.html#page=1
Dominique Jordan Turner was born to a teenage mother from a Chicago housing project, and she had peers who strug ...
Posted Thursday, June 11th 2015 at 3:06PM
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Texas Southern University men’s athletic programs were named best in the Southwestern Athletics Conference (SWAC) for the 2014-15 season.
TSU Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, Dr. Charles McClelland and Senior Woman Administrator Dr ...
Posted Tuesday, June 9th 2015 at 2:57PM
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The Hall Johnson Summer Camp is held on the campus of Allen University for high school choral students. This camp places an emphasis on the music of Hall Johnson and the appropriate performance practice for the Negro spiritual. Campers will have a we ...
Posted Monday, June 8th 2015 at 4:26PM
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Keeping the legacy of Barbara Jordan alive, Texas Southern University played host to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she received the inaugural Barbara Jordan Public-Private Leadership Gold Medallion June 4, in the H&PE Arena. ...
Posted Monday, June 8th 2015 at 4:20PM
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