By Wil Hehemann Nineteen high school students from 10 states spent two weeks on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) campus as part of the AgDiscovery summer enrichment residential career exploration program. Dr. Christopher C. Mathis Jr., program director, said participants gained a firsthand look at career opportunities in the agricultural sciences through
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By Bluefield State University Bluefield State University has received formal notification that it has earned full reaffirmation of accreditation from the Institutional Actions Council (IAC) of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). In taking this action, the IAC considered materials from the most recent evaluation findings. HLC is a regional accrediting body of degree-granting higher education
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Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) will field the first HBCU Ultimate team in the country in the Fall of 2022. Dr. Mark Janas, a professor in the Accreditation Council for Schools and Business Programs (ACSBP)-accredited SAU School of Business, Management & Technology, is the leader of the university’s virtual and club
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University State agency leaders and industry partners are celebrating 40 high school and 20 college students’ completion of the 2022 N.C. Clean Energy pre-apprenticeship and internship program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The program – the first of its kind in the nation – is committed to equipping
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University has named Kali-Ahset Amen, Ph.D., as its inaugural executive director. Amen will be responsible for operationalizing the vision put forward by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who is founding the center. The center is set to launch late Fall. Amen had previously served as managing director
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By Wil Hehemann Jamison Murry, a 2017 alumnus of the Department of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, says his love of agriculture is a gene he inherited from his father, the Rev. James Murry. The young Murry’s lifelong appreciation of the field has led him to pursue a personally fulfilling career
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By Alexis Clark Kerri Claybrooks says the progress her children have made by attending the Tennessee State University summer speech and pathology program is reason enough for her to put it on her calendar again. The mother of two has already made plans for them to return next summer to TSU’s Language, Articulation, and Fluency
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By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU The University continues to leave its positive academic imprint internationally in the field of higher education as evidenced by two ASU faculty members having just completed the editing of an important international publication on the COVID-19 Pandemic. The book was published in London, England. Alabama State University’s husband and wife academic team, Dr.
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Netflix’s top executive team in Africa plans to continue spending on scripted and unscripted content across genres until it unearths the big “Squid Game”-like show that captures global buzz. During Tuesday’s “See What’s Next Africa” showcase in Johannesburg, South Africa, the streamer unveiled several African original renewals, some co-production developments, more details around existing projects,
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By Debbie Hampton North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is conducting its annual Summer High School Transportation Institute (STI), now in its 30th year. STI, offered through the North Carolina A&T Transportation Institute in the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics, is introducing 15 high school students to career opportunities in the public and private sectors
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