March 2022 - Page 18

Why a Black Woman on the Supreme Court Matters for Justice

By Madiba Dennie, a counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice One Black woman won’t quickly right the ship of a 6-3 court unmoored from principle, but dissenting opinions have influenced the court and Congress to pursue changes to laws. The Supreme Court has made thousands of decisions over hundreds of years that

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The CW’s March Spotlights HBCU Band Life at Prairie View A&M

By Stephanie Holland If you’ve ever watched an HBCU football game, you already know the band is the best part. Sorry, football players, but marching bands are the real MVPs. To that end, the CW is taking a deep dive into the world of HBCU marching bands with its new reality series March, premiering Monday, Jan.

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Lincoln Women Win CIAA Title in Honor of DeAshia Young

By Mia Berry  When the No. 1 Lincoln (Pennsylvania) women’s basketball team arrived at Royal Farms Arena for its opening round matchup in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament, they wanted to make a statement. The Lions abandoned their traditional orange and blue warm-up shirts for a black T-shirt featuring a picture of former

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Bowie State Offers Free Master’s in Special Education via Grant

By David Thompson, It’s always been more difficult to hire and retain special education teachers, but thanks to a new program launched this year at Bowie State University students pursuing master’s degrees in special education can complete the degree tuition free. The first 14 graduate students enrolled in the program this semester at BSU to

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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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