Hello Rattlers,
Welcome to another exciting issue of the FAMU Forward newsletter, a bi-weekly publication designed to keep you informed on the great achievements taking place at FAMU every day by our students, faculty, staff and alumni.
In this ...
Posted Thursday, November 10th 2016 at 10:19AM
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Four Morgan State University (MSU) engineering majors have been awarded full scholarships totaling a combined $296,856 from a prestigious program made available through the efforts of the Henry Luce Foundation. Marshaye A. Burley, Deborah O. Demuren, ...
Posted Tuesday, November 8th 2016 at 4:10PM
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The prophet told me I am very opinionated.
Very true indeed. If you tell me one side
I like to present the other side if necessary.
But there is a time and a place.
The 2016 election.
I grew up in politics. I was in the womb when
my father ra ...
Posted Tuesday, November 8th 2016 at 10:03AM
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Miss USA, alumna Deshauna Barber, comes back to Virginia State University where she is honored at the 2016 Homecoming festivities. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 8th 2016 at 9:35AM
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Our Instagram is LUSYE1854. We are the only HBCU with a Sophomore Year Experience Program. The students in these photos are a part of the Sophomore Year Experience Program at Lincoln University. The student that took the pictures has his own business ...
Posted Monday, November 7th 2016 at 9:22AM
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Savannah State University’s (SSU) The Write Attitude will host the BreakBeat Poets on Thursday, November 10, in Student Union ballroom C. They will offer a poetry workshop at 2 p.m. and a reading at 4:30 p.m. These events are free and open to the pub ...
Posted Thursday, November 3rd 2016 at 12:16PM
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LEAD, an HBCUgrow Conference, will take place on November 10th in Nashville. The conference will focus on tactics to grow enrollment. Terrence Southern, a robotics and automation engineer at GE global research, will Keynote the event and speak on his ...
Posted Thursday, November 3rd 2016 at 12:12PM
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For the second consecutive year, the Triad Business Journal has included North Carolina A&T State University’s Chancellor Harold Martin Sr. among the 2016 Triad’s Most Influential People.
WHAT:
Each year the Triad Business Journal recognizes le ...
Posted Thursday, November 3rd 2016 at 10:11AM
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Learn what it takes to perform on an HBCU band and prepare for game day during homecoming season.
See our 5 stories celebrating the tradition and excellence of the Marching Crimson Pipers of Tuskegee University over at bevelcode.com/bevelband ...
Posted Friday, October 28th 2016 at 2:02PM
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The Morgan State School of Community Health & Policy has received a five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to implement a “Get SMART West Baltimore Drug Free Community Coalition,” Community Health and Polic ...
Posted Friday, October 28th 2016 at 10:20AM
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Savannah State University (SSU) is launching the first ever certificate in global citizenship in collaboration with the Peace Corps.
SSU will welcome the Peace Corps, as well as other officials, to campus on Monday, October 31. The visit is part ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 11:15AM
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by Andrew Taylor, School of Business, accounting major
Oakwood alumni David Conkerite, 11, and Edward Pelote, II, '14, returned to Oakwood recently, this time representing Loma Linda University Health. David is the Program Manager for the ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 11:12AM
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Prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump will be the keynote speaker at Tennessee State University’s 25th anniversary gala for the National Association of African American Honors Programs on Monday, Oct. 31.
Crump is the noted Florida lawyer ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 11:09AM
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The Central State University Department of Fine and Performing Arts Debuts its 2016-2017 Performance Season with Jazz and Love in Shakespeare
WILBERFORCE OH. – Central State University will open its 2016-2017 performing arts season on Nov. 4th ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 10:53AM
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Written by Buzz Reporter, Damon Arnold,
The cast of “Almost Christmas” spent their weekend as Rattlers at Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) homecoming to not only promote their new film, but to spread knowledge and advice to students preparing for life after college.
Actors Omar Epps, Roman ...
Posted Tuesday, October 25th 2016 at 11:41AM
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PETERSBURG, Va, (WRIC) — Former Virginia State University student turned Miss USA, Deshauna Barber, is back in Petersburg this weekend celebrating the university’s 2016 homecoming.
This marks Barber’s first visit to her alma mater since winning the national Miss USA title. She told 8News she hope ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 12:45PM
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Students at Hampton University rarely have the opportunity to hear President Dr. William R. Harvey talk about his family life or his many accomplishments. On Thursday, Dr. Harvey stood before a room full of students, faculty and staff for a question and answer style interview at the Hampton Histor ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 12:37PM
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By Absolon Kent
Special Contributor to SSUNAA.org
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Savannah State University recently announced the 2016 homecoming parade grand marshals, Clemontine Washington, Ed.D. (‘77) and Cyrus Jackson (‘66). The honorary marshal is Barbara ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 12:33PM
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WHO:
North Carolina A&T State University, alumni and the surrounding campus community
WHAT:
N.C. A&T will celebrate its 90th Homecoming, better known as the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. Some notable events include:
•“Comedy House Party” ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 12:30PM
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Media Contact:
Joy Cook
336-256-0863
dcook1@ncat.edu
There’s more than one way to observe a N.C. A&T Homecoming; education and empowerment chief among them.
As students celebrate, telecommunications conglomerate AT&T will utilize its national platform to continue to invest i ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 10:23AM
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Black millennials are tech-savvy, socially aware and engaged, and they’re changing the game with their use of mobile technology and social media, a recent report finds.
By: Breanna Edwards
Black millennials are killing the game.
In the ...
Posted Monday, October 24th 2016 at 10:18AM
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By Mary Riddell
With $80 billion, Bill Gates is the world’s richest man. So how does he spend his money? What makes his life worthwhile? And is his a happy marriage? Mary Riddell spends three months with the Microsoft billionaire to find the answers.
Microbes fascinate Bill Gates. On ...
Posted Friday, October 21st 2016 at 10:49AM
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The Philly native waxes poetic on the university and the city that helped make him a legend
By Justin Tinsley
@JustinTinsley
If 50 Cent, Lil Wayne and Cam’ron (and the Diplomats) are the three wise men who revolutionized the mixtape g ...
Posted Friday, October 21st 2016 at 9:43AM
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