The Margaret Walker Center and the Jackson Hinds Library System will announce year-long plans to celebrate the 2015 Margaret Walker Centennial at a press conference and reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Ayer Hall on the Jackson State University ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 11:18AM
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If you didn't hear it on the news, you probably noticed it the last time you filled up your car: gasoline prices have been dropping lately after holding fairly steady for a year or so, following world oil prices.
After clicking your heels at the g ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 8:34AM
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These historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were compared only with one another for these rankings. In order to be on the list, a school must be currently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an HBCU. ...
Posted Sunday, November 30th 2014 at 9:10PM
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The transition “from boots to books” is getting a little easier for military veterans at N.C. A&T. On Thursday, November 13, the university opened the Aggie Student VETS Center at The Oaks, the former chancellor’s residence. “VETS” stands for Veteran ...
Posted Friday, November 28th 2014 at 11:05AM
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“In the face of adversity, you must have faith and commitment to succeed,” said Dr. Gary Gibbons, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to a group of 12 students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.
Gibbons welcomed the stud ...
Posted Friday, November 28th 2014 at 11:00AM
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This Thanksgiving season, Cheyney University (CU) students are putting others before themselves by reaching out to help those in need. Fashion Merchandising and Management (FMM) students, under the direction of FMM Program Coordinator Dr. Vanessa Brantley, are giving the gift of sight by collectin ...
Posted Friday, November 28th 2014 at 10:48AM
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Students at historically Black colleges and universities are uniting in protest of the grand jury’s decision Monday night to not indict Darren Wilson.
A few hundred students went to a vigil held at the Martin Luther King International Chapel at Mo ...
Posted Friday, November 28th 2014 at 4:02AM
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Alcorn State University’s new tuition plan is geared toward attracting more out-of-state students to its campus in Lorman, Mississippi.
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher learning approved Alcorn’s proposal to eliminate out-of-s ...
Posted Wednesday, November 26th 2014 at 1:32PM
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Taylor Turntime, a Bennett College freshman whose photograph and story appeared in the New York Times Sunday, Nov. 23 edition, is the kind of student Bennett College will provide support services to under its new Foster Care Initiative focused on inc ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2014 at 4:22PM
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Please spread the word about the below interview day and internship opportunity!
If you enjoy turning challenges into solutions, you could build a great career with our Corporate & Investment Bank team. Yes, you’ll need first-class academics. But ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2014 at 3:36PM
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Diversity trainer points to path for growth for all humanity
Lauren Joichin Nile dreams of a world in which humanity replaces racism with love for one another.
Her book RACE: My Story & Humanity’s Bottom Line addresses her personal experiences with racism, the biological oneness of humanity, t ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2014 at 3:13PM
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The Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) will broadcast plenty of exciting HBCU basketball games. The broadcasts will be national on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and on local stations across the country.
HSRN 2014-2015 HBCU Basketball Broadcast Sche ...
Posted Monday, November 24th 2014 at 7:12PM
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Architecture Professor Mohammad Gharipour, Ph.D. will be traveling to Malaysia for a conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, at which he will be chairing the session “Religi ...
Posted Monday, November 24th 2014 at 10:31AM
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A two-time ASU graduate is being honored for her work as a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
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The National Foundation of Women Legislators (NFWL) recently selected Alabama State University alumna Lataisha Jackson (‘05) ...
Posted Friday, November 21st 2014 at 5:55PM
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Join a diverse group of students from around the globe in learning how to address the most pressing problems in society. The intimate WWS community offers students the opportunity to study public policy and international affairs from renowned faculty members with a high level of experience and exper ...
Posted Friday, November 21st 2014 at 5:45PM
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