By Andrew Skerritt The Rattlers in Arms, five veterans who graduated from Florida A&M University’s famed Rattler Battalion, were honored for their generosity to students with a plaque at the Eternal Flame on Friday, April 29, 2022. Honored were retired colonel Sam Driver, retired colonel Miciotto “Bear” Johnson, retired lieutenant colonel Ricardo M. Kinsey, retired lieutenant colonel
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By Christine Chung The predominantly Black college in Illinois will cease operations Friday after 157 years, having failed to raise millions to recover from the pandemic and a cyberattack that originated in Iran. Lincoln College, a predominantly Black college in Illinois, will close this week after 157 years, saying it could not survive the financial
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Courtesy of Howard University Howard University announced today that it received a two-year $1 million grant from the New York Life Foundation. This grant, which focuses on scholarships and other educational funding for students experiencing financial hardship, fits in with the Foundation’s history of promoting education for underserved students. The grant will create the New York Life
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By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University has received $284,000 from the TN Department of Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (DIDD), becoming the first public institution in Middle Tennessee and HBCU in the nation to offer the program. A check presentation took place Tuesday morning as DIDD commissioner Brad Turner and his team joined TSU President Glenda Glover,
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By Karen Cotton Wash Jones, associate professor of agriculture in Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, is looking forward to the opportunities the recent funding of a half-million dollars in scholarship funding from the USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture will provide for students. “Our students need scholarship assistance, and this is one way
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Issa Rae was recently announced as the 2022 American Black Film Festival Ambassador, which will take place June 15-19 in Miami Beach. The news was first revealed per an exclusive report by Variety. In addition to the honor, the 37-year-old Renaissance woman will also unveil her long-awaited HBO Max series Rap Sh*t at the festival’s last full evening, June
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Delaware State University The fact that Brandi Nichols is among the nine 4.0-GPA graduates at Delaware State University who will each receive the Presidential Academic Excellence Award is remarkable enough. However, even more impressive while maintaining academic perfection was the tenacious initiative Ms. Nicole exercised throughout her undergraduate years to figure out her career path. Ms. Nichols
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By Wilberforce University Members of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ front office cruised the campus recently. Representing the Cavs’ hospitality development, human resources and diversity and inclusion departments, three Cavs employees spent time getting to know students and staff and learning the university’s history. The Cavs’ Kevin Clayton, Alberta Lee and David Kone’ initially traveled from Cleveland
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Courtesy of Grambling State University Kayla Sullers has always believed in jumping into life full-force and building new experiences to help create a better future. The mass communications major isn’t sure what exactly lies ahead in her future as she jumps into the next phase of her life after Thursday’s graduation ceremonies, but she said
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By Zoë Richards and Frank Thorp V The Senate confirmed economist Lisa Cook on Tuesday night to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, making her the first Black woman to sit on the panel in its 108-year history. Cook was confirmed in a 51-50 party-line vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. She will join the Fed
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