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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Posted Friday, July 3rd 2015 at 7:02PM
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Malcolm Lee, Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and David Oyelowo are among 322 artist who have been invited to join the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Tanisha LaVerne Grant Entertainment correspondent ...
Posted Friday, July 3rd 2015 at 3:48PM
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The Texas Southern University football program is steeped in a rich collegiate tradition. The Mighty Tigers of TSU have produced All-Conference and All-American players, and conference and national championship teams. A slew of Tiger athletes have pl ...
Posted Friday, July 3rd 2015 at 3:30PM
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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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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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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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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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