Courtesy of Clinton College Students attending historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions can take a wider variety of courses — and stay on track to graduate — through an innovative new partnership. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) today announced its HBCU-MSI Course-Sharing Consortium, a collaboration designed to help HBCUs and MSIs enable
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By the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff When you think about the law profession driving equality, do you consider who is behind the wheel? Do you consider where the profession is going? Since four UAPB graduates entered college in the mid-2010s, those drivers have increasingly become women. Seeing the results of these four women’s
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine’s (TUCVM) Department of Graduate Public Health (DGPH) master’s in public health program is now fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). CEPH notified Tuskegee University President Dr. Charlotte Morris that the Tuskegee University Master of Public Health Program was reviewed
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Courtesy of the University of the District of Columbia In her new role, Autumn will serve as an integral part of the Office of the President, responsible for developing and implementing project management infrastructure(s), establishing and managing operational and advisory committees, and managing the reporting framework for initiatives and projects under the Equity Imperative (and
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By Brittany Bailer The Howard University School of Education announced it will host the Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI) from July 11-15 for the College Board’s African American studies course pilot program. Howard is the only HBCU in the country to host the Summer institutes. The School of Education is committed to attracting Black and Latinx high school teachers to the institute in an effort to increase the diversity of AP
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Courtesy of Paine College A sweet gift on Mother’s Day, Paine College professor Kimberly Baxter-Lee is the mother of Charleston Lee and is certainly proud of her daughter’s accomplishments. “I brought Charleston home on Christmas day, that was my Christmas gift– back in 2004. And here we go repeating another great gift on Mother’s Day,”
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By Kelvin Childs The Walt Disney Company has announced that it is creating the Disney Storytellers Fund at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications and the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University to support creative student projects. The Disney Storytellers Fund, to be launched in 2022-2023, will provide stipends from $25,000 up
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By Spelman College Spelman College recently received a $1 million gift from The Shubert Foundation to support an endowed scholarship for students majoring in theater and performing arts. The scholarship will allow future theater professionals to graduate with less debt, ready to step into their creative careers. “Spelman College is honored to receive such a
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