By Savannah State University A new art exhibition is available for viewing at Savannah State University, featuring the 3D sculptural work of local blacksmith Gilbert Walker. Savannah State University’s Visual and Performing Arts Program is now featuring “From Slave to Solider to Freedom,” a solo exhibition by local blacksmith and 3D sculptural artist, Gilbert Walker.
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By Jasmine Browley Over the next six years the Deloitte Foundation aims to pipeline funding into the $30 million scholarship program for accounting students. The field of accounting is very white. Nearly 84 percent of all US certified public accountants are caucasian and just 2 percent are Black, according to a report published in 2019 by
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Courtesy of Delaware State University Delaware State University has been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture that will help move its College of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology (CAST) to its next level of excellence. The funding will go toward the establishment of a Center of
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By Andrew Skerritt “We want to thank parents, teachers, and counselors for bringing these students. We want to prepare them to get them out into the world to do great things,” said Robinson, who told the audience that FAMU was experiencing another record year in the number of students applying to the institution. “Don’t take
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Courtesy of Virginia Union University Virginia Union University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to approve a five-year contract extension for Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, President and CEO of the university. Dr. Lucas is VUU’s 13th President. “The Board of Trustees is very proud to be guided by the sacrificial leadership of our President and CEO,
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By Fisk University The grounds of Fisk University host many opportunities to be involved, engaged, and active on campus. The institution currently operates with over 30 student-based clubs, organizations, and groups. One of Fisk’s latest initiatives in this area is the recent implementation of a fashion organization. The Beginning Modeling Organization (or The Beginning), a student
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Bowie State University (BSU) in partnership with The Maryland Center at Bowie State University announces the establishment of an innovation center to perform research and development projects aimed at countering misinformation, disinformation and associated negative consequences. A Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Bowie State University will serve as the lead on
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Only the BLACK WOMAN can say “when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole. . . race enters with me.” – Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, 1892 Historically, African American women have stood at
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By Associated Press Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for civil rights in 1965. The Alabama Senate voted 23-3 for legislation that would change the official name to the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers
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By Aaliyah Butler To kick off Earth Month, the Howard University Department of Environmental Studies hosted the “DC Climate Convergence” in Cramton Auditorium to explore topics such as climate conversations, public health and advocacy. “We are all engaged in a collective project of calibrating the cold science of climate change causes and effects with the warm inspirational
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