March 01, 2022

Porsche Launches First College Scholarship at Morehouse

Written By Morehouse College Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is partnering with Morehouse College, the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts college focused on educating men, to launch a new scholarship for business majors and a guest lecture series that will expose students to the global automotive industry. In the first year of PCNA’s

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TSU, Monterey Jazz Festival Host Free Music Symposium

Courtesy of Texas Southern University Texas Southern University (TSU) and the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) are proud to announce the continuation of a partnership that has broadened the reach of the MJF’s education programs to many more young people while leveraging TSU’s commitment and legacy of jazz excellence. The partnership, which includes KTSU 90.9 FM,

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George E. Miles Leaves $8.9M Legacy to Eastern Shore Colleges

By University of Maryland Eastern Shore George E. Miles, a proud 1960 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, understood the value of higher education. Now, his legacy will live on through students on the lower Eastern Shore, thanks to recent gifts from his estate to local colleges and universities, including approximately $3.3

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Tuskegee Vet Students Named Inaugural IDEXX Scholars

Courtesy of Tuskegee University The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) is pleased to announce the first students selected as the IDEXX Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine Scholars.  Brittany T. Howard, Justin A. Hodrick, and Sydney N. Johnson are all first-year veterinary students and members of the TUCVM Class of 2025. They were selected

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Grants Fund New Academic Centers to Rethink Capitalism

By Misha Cornelius Major Philanthropies Launch Effort to Establish Multidisciplinary Centers at Leading Academic Institutions Focused on Reimagining Capitalism, Economy, and Society to Address 21st Century Challenges Today, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, along with Omidyar Network, announced more than $40 million in grants to support the establishment of multidisciplinary academic centers dedicated to reimagining the

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FAMU Day at the Florida Capitol on Thursday Feb, 24, 2022. Representitive Ramon Alexander. and Florida A&M President Larry Robinson.

FAMU Seeks $15M to Boost Student Success, Workforce Impact

By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., led students, administrators, staff, faculty, and alumni in an all-hands-on-deck push to promote the University’s legislative priorities. Addressing a gathering at the start of FAMU Day at the Capitol activities Thursday, Robinson said the success of students and alumni, such as recently sworn St.

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New Book Advances Global Literacy for Equity and Justice

By Prairie View A&M University For Kamala V. Williams, Ph.D., the path to improved literacies begins with a global perspective. Williams, the manager of Prairie View A&M University’s Northwest Houston Center, has collaborated with Petra A. Robinson, Ph.D., and Maja Stojanović (an associate professor and doctoral student at Louisiana State University) to edit and release Global Citizenship

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NSU Team Harmoni Advances in AT&T HBCU Innovation Contest

By Jordan Graham Four students are representing Norfolk State in this year’s semifinals round of the AT&T HBCU Innovation Challenge. Their challenge: to develop and pitch a product or service that helps to solve a real-world problem. The teams were told that they had free reign over their initiatives. However, it was in the team’s

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