New Orleans LA – Xavier University of Louisiana will host its annual open house for prospective students Jan. 31 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The "Explore Xavier" event gives students and their parents the opportunity to meet individually with representatives from academic departments, Admissions, Fina ...
Posted Thursday, January 3rd 2013 at 2:14PM
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The word miracle is one of the most overused words that falls from the mouths of religious leaders and laypersons. Any occurrence that cannot be easily explained or that average people or institutions are not able to replicate is given this celestial label. The academy has its doubt as to whether th ...
Posted Monday, December 24th 2012 at 2:17PM
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Community activist, historian, and former assistant principal, Mrs. Enid Pinkney won a major national award along with 22 other recipients in Washington state last month.
Mrs. Pinkney, a 1953 Talladega College graduate won the Peter H. Brink Award for Individual Achievement in Historic Preservati ...
Posted Friday, December 21st 2012 at 3:44PM
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The Allstate Corporation announced that Kermit R. Crawford, Walgreen Co. president of pharmacy, health and wellness, has been elected to its board of directors, effective January 30, 2013. Crawford's election will increase the number of Allstate boar ...
Posted Wednesday, December 19th 2012 at 5:48PM
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Texas Southern University Student Regent, Juan A. Sorto, has been selected as a finalist for the Houston Texans Community Quarterback Award. The Houston Texans partner with the United Way of Greater Houston to recognize work by outstanding volunteer ...
Posted Wednesday, December 19th 2012 at 1:57PM
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Gratitude is at the heart of every season. And at Alcorn, gratitude and hope has been spread throughout the communities of Lorman, Natchez and Vicksburg. As Alcorn continues its tradition of holiday giving and helping local families in need.
A hol ...
Posted Wednesday, December 19th 2012 at 1:55PM
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Partners Include Medard Nelson Elementary, Langston Hughes Academy
and the Gentilly Community
(New Orleans) The Greater New Orleans Foundation’s IMPACT 2012 Program has awarded Dillard University a $20,000 grant to undertake a new initiati ...
Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 7:51PM
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Alcorn President, M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as the Grand Orator for The Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliated, Jurisdiction of Mississippi, by Grand Master Maurice F. ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 8:21PM
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The men of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at Virginia State University donate their time to raise six million dollars to help benefit students.
Please click here to donate: https://online.vsu.edu/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?&pid=206&srcid=257
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Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 5:33PM
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ST. LOUIS, MO (December 17, 2012) – The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission of Missouri will host its 27th annual kick-off program, “Women Who Dare to Dream.” This year’s distinguished honorees are either individuals or organizati ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 5:23PM
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by Ronald Roach
In an initiative to create schools exemplifying 21st century innovation, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), a leading HBCU advocacy and support organization, and its member universities are collaborating to establish colleg ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 5:08PM
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$25,000 Verizon Foundation Grant to Support Bowie State’s Sustainability Initiatives
Bowie State University will launch an advocacy campaign to engage students, faculty and staff in a series of initiatives to reduce campus energy consumption and ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 4:56PM
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A Sophomore from the Rio Grande Valley has taken Texas Southern Golf to another level. Kassandra Rivera played her way to a top 10 national ranking in NCAA Division I women’s golf.
Rivera’s 71.63 average puts her in the company of players from p ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 2:27PM
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Alcorn State University was recently approved to charter a chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society. Golden Key is the world’s largest collegiate honor society with more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities around the world.
In ...
Posted Friday, December 14th 2012 at 2:40PM
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Bowie State University students will soon receive training needed to enter the high-demand cybersecurity field and help close the nation’s workforce gap, thanks to a $453,000 grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration to establish a part ...
Posted Friday, December 14th 2012 at 2:14PM
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