August 09, 2022

NCCU’s Deanne Cranford-Wesley Receives National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-E) Community Service Award

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By Keisha Williams Deanne Cranford-Wesley, Ph.D., director of the CyberSecurity Lab in North Carolina Central University’s School of Business, has received the 2022 Outstanding CAE Community of Practice in Cyber Defense (CAE COP-CD) Service Recognition Award from the National Centers of Academic Excellence. This award is presented to cybersecurity professionals whose tireless work promotes the advancement

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Utica Campus receives $7.5m for Upward Bound

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By Cathy Hayden Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus has been awarded five Upward Bound program grants for $7.5 million, approximately $297,000.00 each for five 5 years, by the U.S. Department of Education. The Utica Campus is a designated HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The programs will provide college access to students in the targeted

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Airlines struggling with shortages want to recruit more diverse pilots. This HBCU could be a solution.

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By Curtis Bunn At Florida Memorial University, a small historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Tremaine Johnson is training to become one of the country’s few Black pilots. Less than 2% of commercial airline pilots are Black, according to one report, making Johnson’s decision to become a pilot — rather than an air traffic controller, as he’d originally

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Philander Smith to participate in Second Chance Pell Experiment

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 By Philander Smith College Philander Smith College (PSC) is pleased to announce its participation in the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experiment, an initiative first launched by the Obama-Biden Administration to expand access to Federal Pell Grants for incarcerated individuals enrolled in participating programs. Through the “PSC Restoration Project,” the institution will begin

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Saint Augustine’s University Collaborates with Community Partners to Host Legacy Building Summit to Address Health Disparities and Solutions

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Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) hosted its inaugural Legacy Building Summit to explore ways the university and its students can build on its history of addressing health disparities and launching new programs in their community. The summit is the first of many, with future sessions focusing on Criminal Justice, Technology, Business

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Nine N.C. A&T Students Chosen For North Carolina Governor

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By Jackie Torok Nine North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students are among 36 chosen from nine of North Carolina’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) selected to participate in the North Carolina Governor’s HBCU Internship Program this summer. The summer internships are paid, full-time positions for rising juniors or seniors who have a minimum cumulative

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