By Alexis Clark The tiger spirt has been embedded in Tennessee State University since 1912. However, a new groundbreaking Nike “Yardrunners” sneaker collection has given alumni and students a new way to strut their school spirit. “THINK. WORK. SERVE. ” has always been the motto at Tennessee State University. But in this instance, TSU students
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By Tat Bellamy-Walker When a clip of the Cardinal Divas, a majorette dance team at the University of Southern California — Los Angeles, went viral last month, the group’s founder, Princess Isis Lang, said she didn’t expect her life to dramatically change. “Honestly, my life has been so crazy,” said Lang, 20, who is studying
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Courtesy of Lincoln Univesity of Missouri The Jefferson City School District and Lincoln University of Missouri signed a Letter of Articulation and announced a new partnership aimed at bolstering the cybersecurity career pipeline on Thursday, Oct. 13. Project REACH (Realizing Equitable Access to Cybersecurity in High School) is a feeder program funded by the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure
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Courtesy of Hampton University Sentara has provided funding to Hampton University for a program entitled: Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce to Create Healthier Communities. The gift is $850,000 and is designed to increase and grow the number of diverse healthcare professionals in Hampton Roads and to combat challenges in the delivery of healthcare to underserved populations. The
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Courtesy of Benedict College The $5 boxes are distributed every other week and contain nearly 10 pounds of fresh produce. Students and staff at four local college campuses now have access to boxes of fresh produce for just $5. FoodShare South Carolina launched the new program Wednesday at the University of South Carolina, Allen University, and
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Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU) has received a nearly $3 million grant from the Department of Education to expand the Cooperative Developmental Energy Program (CDEP) to increase the number of minority Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) graduates. The grant will be used to address the shortage of women
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Courtesy of Claflin University The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with SC Humanities presents “Voices and Votes: Democracy in American.” The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how to form “a more perfect union.” Opening
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Courtesy of Fayetteville State University Governor Roy Cooper visited and toured the Fayetteville State University Early Childhood Learning Center today to highlight the NC Child Care Stabilization Grants. To date, more than $655 million has been distributed to 4,200 child care facilities across the state to support and retain the early educator workforce. “Investing in early
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University was selected for an All of Us Researcher Academy Institutional Champion award for $75,000 from the National Institutes of Health. This will provide faculty and student stipends for research in health disparities, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence (AI) bias using the All of Us database on
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