September 07, 2022

ECSU’s CERT Wins National Innovation of the Year Award

By Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) earned a top award from theĀ National CERT AssociationĀ 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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Morgan’s CAP Center Cultivates Excellence in Cybersecurity Scholarship and Research

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. ā€œWhen I arrived at graduate school,

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Society for Financial Education & Professional Development (SFEPD) Will Teach Financial Education at Hampton University

Courtesy of Hampton University The Society for Financial Education and Professional Development (SFEPD)and HamptonĀ UniversityĀ announcedĀ aĀ comprehensiveĀ initiativeĀ toĀ teachĀ financialĀ education toĀ the HamptonĀ Universitycommunity.Ā Ā  Appointed as president of Hampton UniversityĀ on July 1st, Williams is bringing newĀ andĀ innovative approachestoĀ academics, including a strongĀ focus onĀ financial education, preparing students forĀ financialĀ success after graduation,Ā and wealth creation.Ā One of the nation’s premier HBCUs, Hampton University is a private research university, known for

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Homeless Teen Earns Spot On HBCU Basketball Team

Courtesy of Fisk University A homeless teen has earned a well-deserved spot on theĀ Fisk UniversityĀ basketball team! Learn more in the story by Christine Devine atĀ Fox LA. When you think of theĀ 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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Mississippi capital’s Black business owners decry water woes

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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Five Howard University Ph.D. Scholars Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

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,Ā Collis A. Brown,Ā Tanya E. Gardner,Ā Majella Chube Hamilton,Ā Bryan M. Jenkins and Raina Rhoades, were inducted at the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference

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Biden to help unveil Obamas White House portraits

By Associated Press It’s been more than a decade since PresidentĀ Barack ObamaĀ 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. PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ and his wife, Jill, are set to revive

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