By Lydian Bernhardt Food security, or having enough to eat, is a statewide problem that only increased in the wake of COVID 19, according to national hunger-relief organization Feeding America. In Guilford County alone, the food insecurity rate is nearly 14 percent. Luckily, many are hungry to help. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,
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By Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) earned a top award from the National CERT Association at the organization’s awards ceremony in Galveston, Texas, today. Created by CERT Leaders across the United States in partnership with FEMA, the non-profit association was established in September 2019 to support communication
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Courtesy of Morgan State University Coming from his hometowns of Brooklyn and Queens, New York, to the world-renowned graduate program in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in the mid-1980s, Kevin Kornegay felt pleased about having earned a great educational opportunity. He also felt very much alone. “When I arrived at graduate school,
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Courtesy of Hampton University The Society for Financial Education and Professional Development (SFEPD)and Hampton University announced a comprehensive initiative to teach financial education to the Hampton Universitycommunity. Appointed as president of Hampton University on July 1st, Williams is bringing new and innovative approachesto academics, including a strong focus on financial education, preparing students for financial success after graduation, and wealth creation. One of the nation’s premier HBCUs, Hampton University is a private research university, known for
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Courtesy of Fisk University A homeless teen has earned a well-deserved spot on the Fisk University basketball team! Learn more in the story by Christine Devine at Fox LA. When you think of the homeless, a six-foot-five-inch teenage basketball player doesn’t necessarily come to mind. But Jeremiah Armstead is just that, and he’s trying to get into college. Jeremiah
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When John Tierre launched his restaurant in Jackson’s neglected Farish Street Historic District, he was drawn by the neighborhood’s past as an economically independent cultural hub for Black Mississippians, and the prospect of helping usher in an era of renewed prosperity. This week he sat on the empty, sun-drenched patio of Johnny T’s Bistro and
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By Aaliyah Butler Five Howard University Graduate School Ph.D. candidates have joined a network of preeminent scholars across the country as inductees into the Howard chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The doctoral scholars, Collis A. Brown, Tanya E. Gardner, Majella Chube Hamilton, Bryan M. Jenkins and Raina Rhoades, were inducted at the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference
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By Associated Press It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive
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