August 11, 2022

Philander Smith College Receives $65,000 HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

By Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is pleased to announce that a $65,000 grant to support a Rehabilitation Plan for the Sherman E. Tate Student Recreation Center is being awarded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a part of its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative program. Included in the award is a

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Larrison Hall at UAPB has stood vacant for more than 20 years. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)

Kailash Bohara Appointed as Extension Specialist, Fish Health in Lonoke for UAPB’s Department of Aquaculture/Fisheries

By Wil Hehemann Kailash Bohara has been appointed as an Extension specialist of fish health for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Department of Aquaculture/Fisheries. He will be headquartered at the university’s Fish Health and Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Lonoke, Arkansas. In this position, Bohara is responsible for providing vital laboratory and field services to

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WSSU RaMS-C reading and math summer program helps local elementary school students thrive

Courtesy of Winston-Salem State University The Winston-Salem State University Reading and Math Summer Camp (RaMS-C) program provides a low- to no-cost option for elementary school students to access high-quality instruction designed by WSSU faculty and certified classroom teachers. The programs, which have been available at WSSU for the past six years, serve as community assets

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Howard University Architecture Students Collaborate with Temple X Schools on Toy Project for Preschool and Elementary School Children

By Hayya Shah Howard University first-year architecture students collaborated with Temple X Schools on a class project for ARCH 208: Design Thinking + Making. Incorporated into course curriculum by course coordinator and architecture lecturer Martin Paddack, the project “Learning Through Experimentation and Exploration: The Concept Toy/Tool” involved students designing and building conceptual toys or tools for preschool and elementary

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HBCU students are being disproportionately affected by Roe’s reversal

By Lauren Lumpkin Many of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are scattered across the South, in states where Black Americans, in the wake of the Civil War, pooled their resources and finally gained access to higher education. Now, however, their descendants are disproportionately losing their right to reproductive health, students at those

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Tuskegee unveils monument honoring work to eradicate polio

Courtesy of Tuskegee University The research conducted at Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center at Tuskegee Institute to eradicate polio decades ago was acknowledged Aug. 4 with the unveiling of a monument provided by fundraising and collaboration of the Rotary Club. The life-size bronze statue depicts Dr. John W. Chenault, nurse Warrena A. Turpin and a young

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Generous gift allows Turner ballroom to be named for father/daughter alumni

By Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College recently received a $750,000 gift from the family of two alumni—the late Alexander C. Wells, Ph.D. ’78 and his daughter, Sabrina Wells-Holloway, D.D.S. ’97. The gift, from Dr. Dorothy McKinney-Wells, Alexander’s wife and Sabrina’s mother, will allow a ballroom in The Cal Turner Family Center for Student Education to

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Marion Bracy ‘84 to join Dillard University as vice president of facilities management and real estate planning

Courtesy of Dillard University Dillard University president Dr. Rochelle L. Ford has announced that Marion Bracy will be joining the University as the vice president for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Planning. In his role, Bracy will serve as the chief administrator of facilities maintenance, grounds services, and custodial and housekeeping services. Bracy

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