The life and legacy of one of Alcorn State University’s beloved alumni will be celebrated during a special memorial ceremony.
University officials and family members of Alcorn’s former Men’s Basketball head coach Davey L. Whitney ...
Posted Friday, May 29th 2015 at 4:41PM
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Trevon Milliard, RGJ 9:46 p.m. PDT May 26, 2015
In the world of college scholarships, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates offers arguably the most coveted and lucrative of them all.
The Gates Millennium Scholarship is ...
Posted Friday, May 29th 2015 at 10:26AM
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Fisk University is one of the ten Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) - Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn University, Delaware State University, Fisk University, Florida A&M University (lead) , Morehous ...
Posted Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 3:54PM
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Chester High has announced that Tanisha LaVerne Grant, Miss Black Pennsylvania USA 1996 and Miss Cheyney University of Pennsylvania 1995, will address graduates at Chester High School's 141st Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 12 at 6p.m. in Chest ...
Posted Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 3:30PM
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The NCAA has released its annual Academic Progress Rate scores, and once again, a few schools were not able to meet proper standards.
Four schools who failed to clear the minimum APR multi-year bar of 930 points will be ineligible for postseason pla ...
Posted Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 2:03PM
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Even though the school year is over, please remember to vote daily for our outgoing Miss Oakwood Nia Johnson as she competes in EBONY Magazine's HBCU Campus Queens contest.
Voting ends May 29.
The campus queens who finish ...
Posted Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 9:27AM
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It's our turn.... In star studded fashion The Paley Center for Media paid tribute Wednesday night to African-Americans in all facets of film, television, comedy, and journalism. The gala which took place at an exclusive Cipriani event space on Wall S ...
Posted Thursday, May 21st 2015 at 7:00PM
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By Eric Christopher Webb ’91
Throughout Lincoln University’s history, its alumni have been known for their exemplary leadership and efforts not only at changing the communities in which they lived and worked, but also the world. For Camd ...
Posted Thursday, May 21st 2015 at 2:53PM
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First Lady, Michelle Obama, spoke to the graduating class of 2015 at Tuskegee University. First lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address to the 2015 graduates of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, in which she talks about growing ...
Posted Tuesday, May 19th 2015 at 1:34PM
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(photo: Marketing professor Rubina Malik (fourth from left) and her students)
Many of the 6,700 Atlanta residents homeless, living in shelters or transitional housing go without some of the basic necessities of everyday life, such as shoes.
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Posted Friday, May 15th 2015 at 10:08AM
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Commencement Date: May 17, 8 a.m. Irwin Belk ComplexAndrew Alexander attended Ardrey Kell High School in south Charlotte, playing on the football and basketball teams. Though African American, the athlete and STEM major had always attended majority i ...
Posted Wednesday, May 13th 2015 at 1:49PM
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Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved for funding for a two College of Sciences and Technology (COST) buildings. The $20.5 million project received a green light for its second installment by the Georgia state legislature in their latest ...
Posted Wednesday, May 13th 2015 at 11:04AM
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ESSENCE magazine Editor-in-Chief Vanessa K. De Luca has been selected to deliver the commencement address at Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU), a historically Black university in St. Louis, Mo. The commencement ceremony, which features the ...
Posted Wednesday, May 13th 2015 at 10:21AM
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Graduating is the pinnacle achievement in most young people’s lives. It is the culmination of several years of learning, growing and maturing into someone that is prepared to produce positive results that will serve themselves and society productively. One local family will get to experience the joy and celebrations that graduating brings four times in less than a month as the entire fami ...
Posted Tuesday, May 12th 2015 at 1:56PM
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