By Keenan Higgins The ongoing āto be or not to beā debate involvingĀ Critical Race TheoryĀ is one youāve seen us cover many times in the past. Unfortunately, there still hasnāt been a common ground reached when it comes to how Americaās past & current struggles with racism are taught in schools. An English teacher at Greenfield
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Courtesy of Xavier University Xavier University and several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) announced that they will work withĀ IBMĀ (NYSE:Ā IBM) to establish virtual Cybersecurity Leadership Centers to prepare students for cybersecurity careers. This resource complements the technology and cybersecurity coursework that students already receive from Xavierās computer science program. The other participating HBCUs in
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By Dillard University Dillard University has been fortunate to bring notable celebrity speakers to commencement over the years. But this year the University will introduce new celebritiesāthe class of 2022. The class is represented by students who have excelled through a two-year pandemic which included several major hurricanes and a myriad of personal challenges. President
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By Virginia Union University Virginia Union University (VUU), a nationally-ranked HBCU located in Richmond, Virginia, announced today the creation of its new Center for Technology and Innovation in partnership with Paragon VTOL Aerospace – a smart energy provider and hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) passenger aircraft company specializing in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) for
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Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University For the second year in a row,Ā BoeingĀ will beĀ honoring over a dozen HBCUs, including Prairie View A&M University, during its CST-100 Starlinerās second Orbital Flight Test on May 19. Flags and other items from the schoolsĀ will be among hundreds of pounds of cargo launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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By Elisha FieldstadtĀ andĀ Maya Brown A Virginia board is considering restoring the names of two schools which were originally named for Confederate generals but changed in 2020 after the murder ofĀ George Floyd. The Shenandoah County School Board in 2020 voted to change Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to
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Courtesy of Benedict College Benedict College is the first Institution of Higher Education in the Nation to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs to participate in the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Health Care Talent Academy (HCTA).Ā Benedict College scholars will participate in a dynamic and innovative learning
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By Misha Cornelius Howard UniversityĀ andĀ The Gordon Parks FoundationĀ today announced a historic acquisition of 244 photographs representing the arc of Gordon Parksās career over five decades. The breadth of the collectionāwhich spans Parksās earliest photographs in the 1940s through the 1990sāmakes it one of the most comprehensive resources for the study of Parksās life and work
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By Tuskegee University The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) Class of 2022 had 47 new doctors of veterinary medicine recognized on April 30.Ā Tuskegee University held its in-person Spring Commencement Graduate and Professional Schools Ceremony at the General āChappieā James Center followed by the collegeās in-person Veterinary Medicine Oath and Hooding Ceremony at
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