By Keenan Higgins The ongoing “to be or not to be” debate involving Critical Race Theory is one you’ve seen us cover many times in the past. Unfortunately, there still hasn’t been a common ground reached when it comes to how America’s 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 with IBM (NYSE: 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 Xavier’s 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 celebrities–the 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, Boeing will be honoring over a dozen HBCUs, including Prairie View A&M University, during its CST-100 Starliner’s second Orbital Flight Test on May 19. Flags and other items from the schools will be among hundreds of pounds of cargo launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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By Elisha Fieldstadt and 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 of 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). Benedict College scholars will participate in a dynamic and innovative learning
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By Misha Cornelius Howard University and The Gordon Parks Foundation today announced a historic acquisition of 244 photographs representing the arc of Gordon Parks’s career over five decades. The breadth of the collection—which spans Parks’s earliest photographs in the 1940s through the 1990s—makes it one of the most comprehensive resources for the study of Parks’s 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. Tuskegee University held its in-person Spring Commencement Graduate and Professional Schools Ceremony at the General “Chappie” James Center followed by the college’s in-person Veterinary Medicine Oath and Hooding Ceremony at
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