By D. Thompson Students listened to entrepreneurs and a corporate executive involved in the energy sector at the BGE Black Excellence in Energy Speaker series inaugural session held at Bowie State on Monday that provided them guidance on growing sustainability and green technology career opportunities. Speakers included Sunny Elebua, senior vice president and chief of
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Courtesy of Jackson State University The Division of University Communications at Jackson State University (JSU) is a finalist for the prestigious PRNews Platinum Awards, taking place October 12 in New York City. “Our Division of University Communications does an incredible job of elevating the Jackson State brand to students, alumni and supporters across the country,” said President Thomas
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By Misha Cornelius Partnerships between local minority-owned firms and nationally recognized firms whose teams include several Howard alumni demonstrate Howard’s mission-driven values in delivering its new academic facilities. Six months after announcing its most significant investment in new academic facilities and renovations, Howard University’s Office of Real Estate Development and Capital Asset Management (REDCAM) has chosen several
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Courtesy of Dillard University Dillard University has partnered with Resource Bank to launch the Resource Bank Scholarship Fund for undergraduate students who are pursuing a business degree. Resource Bank has committed a total of $16,000 in scholarship funds to the University. Each academic year, two qualifying students will be awarded $1,000 in scholarship funds each
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Courtesy of Fort Valley State University FVSU alumnus Dr. Wright Jones, an internationally renowned plastic surgeon, has been named the 2022 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal. A distinguished surgeon within the Atlanta community and owner and founder of Muse Plastic Surgery, Jones is a native of Georgia who received his undergraduate degree in Biology from FVSU and later obtained
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Courtesy of Denmark Technical College Denmark Technical College held their annual Nursing Pinning Ceremony on August 12, celebrating the 28 nursing graduates who are about to enter the workforce, surrounded by hundreds of family members, friends, educators, staff and administrators in an overwhelming show of support. The pinning ceremony is an age-old tradition in the
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By D. Thompson The Maryland Center at Bowie State University along with students and professors from the Departments of Technology and Security and Nursing have joined with Cognosante, a technology transformation company, to develop, deliver and sustain supply chain management systems for medical logistics as part of the Veteran Affairs Healthcare Enterprise Logistics Modernization (HELM)
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Courtesy of Jackson State University Alfred Street Baptist Church’s (ASBC) Mission Division will donate up to $1 million to Jackson State University (JSU) to help defray costs related to the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, which began in late August 2022. When the city of Jackson water treatment facility experienced low water pressure and issued a boil
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Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has recently launched a collaboration with the Deloitte Health Equity Institute (DHEI), leveraging a $1.1 million gift from DHEI to drive efforts related to workforce development and maternity care. This gift is a part of Deloitte’s larger $1.5 billion commitment over the next 10 years to organizations that are
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By Brittany Bailer The Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music Business at Howard University today announced Howard alumnus Tarik Brooks (B.A., ’97), president and Combs Enterprises, as its inaugural Executive in Residence for the Fall 2022 semester. In this position, Brooks will serve as a mentor to the center’s 20 fellows as he hopes to empower the next generation of cultural leaders. Combs
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