By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) expects more than 2,500 students from over 30 states to converge on the Tallahassee campus Saturday for Spring Preview 2022. The 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. recruiting event will be held at the Lawson Multipurpose Center, 1800 Wahnish Way. A “Welcome to FAMU” program will feature President Larry
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By Emmanuel Freeman The multibillion-dollar industry of video gaming, or eSports, is thought to be a hobby primarily enjoyed by males worldwide. Tennessee State University aims to change that perception. The university recently hosted a special eSports gaming competition for female gamers. Recent statistics show that only 22 percent of women participate in eSports. The
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By Winston-Salem State University The school year has been much busier for a pair of Winston-Salem State University students, but they couldn’t be happier. Erykah Johnson, a WSSU senior, and Meghan Anthony, a junior, were selected for the American Heart Association’s Historic Black College and University Scholars Program. They are participating in an academic year-long
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By Jackson State University Jackson State University (JSU) is proud to announce its selection as an Alumni Enrichment Institute Partner for the 2022 Alumni Enrichment Institutes, a new opportunity for 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni to travel to the United States in summer 2022 to collaborate with U.S. counterparts and each other and to continue building the
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HBCU advocates have long pointed out that when recruiters are looking to hire black employees, they start at HBCUs. Many have also encouraged high achieveing students to attend an HBCU for an undergraudate degree and an Ivy League college for grad school. The Dean of Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies is supporting both these
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By Janelle Harris Dixon As a student at Howard in the 1930s and 40s, the acclaimed civil rights leader Gloria Richardson was already making an impact. She led the first major civil rights event to erupt outside of the Deep South after Black residents in her native Cambridge, Maryland refused to continue accepting the indignity
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By Hampton University Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications today announced three winners of the Rashida Jones Scholarship Fund. The financial gift was launched by MSNBC President Rashida Jones, one of the school’s most accomplished alumni. The scholarship will be provided annually to Hampton University students studying journalism. This year’s three student recipients are: junior
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By Howard University In an effort to boost diversity in the Silicon Valley tech industry, juggernaut Google is trying something new: partnering with Washington, DC-based HBCU, Howard University. Together they are launching “Howard West,” a three-month summer program for rising juniors and seniors who are studying computer science. Twenty-five to thirty students will be selected for
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By Amy Rock The Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program will provide short-term grants for added security and mental health professionals. Vice President Kamala Harris announced new grant funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as dozens of bomb threats have been made against them. The Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program
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By RaNeeka Witty Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and staff made it possible for six Howard University School of Law students to witness history this week. The students attended the Senate Judiciary Committee’s second day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. While each student had different individual perspectives on being
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