By Bluefield State College Sarah Ponder is a trailblazer. The Bluefield State alumna recently shared her story with an audience of BSC students, employees, and community members during the College’s celebration of National Women’s History Month through the “Celebration of Women,” sponsored by WV GEAR UP and the Bluefield State Peer Mentors organization. Ponder, the
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By Andrew Skerritt Hundreds of students from different parts of the country competed in the world-renowned robotics program, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, also known as FIRST Robotics, at the Lawson Multipurpose Center at Florida A&M University (FAMU) March 17-19, 2022. Excitement was in the air as robots and students tested their
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By Curtis Bunn Less than a year after the NCAA announced it will allow for the first time college athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness, an advocacy group representing the players filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education alleging that NCAA Division I colleges have conspired to limit Black athletes’
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By KHarrington National NAACP, criminal justice reform leaders to participate The nation’s prisons are filled with people who violated probation or parole by visiting a loved one, attending a family barbecue or for picking up their children from daycare. For recording artist Meek Mill, it was popping a wheelie that caused a judge to sentence
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By Seth Shapiro With the announcement that the University will invest $785 million over the next five years to accelerate the Campus Master Plan through investments in new academic buildings, Howard is poised to take a giant leap forward as a leading institution of higher education. For the first time since 1984, Howard will be
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By Rachel James-Terry Jackson State University is the recipient of a $75,000 education endowment named for the late Stephen F. Mason, the 17th pastor of the Greater Pearlie Grove M.B. Church. An alum, Mason graduated with a Bachelor of Science from JSU in 1976. “It is always a pleasure to work with those who really
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Courtesy of Meharry Medical College The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has announced that Meharry Medical College was among 20 winners of the “Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge,” a nationwide competition to increase pediatric vaccination rates and well-child visits. Final winners, announced Monday,
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By Janelle Griffith Some senators’ questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson is an attempt to portray her as “soft on crime,” legal experts said. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings may have been historic, in that she is the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court. But they have not been without precedent, at least with regard
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By D. Aileen Dodd Morehouse College on Thursday was named one of 10 new regional hubs for coding and creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative, a partnership that is increasing tech training and certification opportunities at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their surrounding communities. Morehouse follows Tennessee State University (TSU) and
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By Hampton University In a humanitarian effort to help those college students and families affected by the current conflict in Ukraine, Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has announced that it will invite 50-100 Ukrainian and international college students presently studying in Ukraine to continue their education on HU’s campus this summer. “The collective
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