By Justin Walls Monica Lewis, Ph.D., director of Development for Jackson State University Athletics, was named one of 2022’s Top 50 Distinguished Leading Business Women in Mississippi. The recognition program presented by the Mississippi Business Journal honors Mississippi’s most powerful and influential women business leaders. Lewis was selected from several hundred qualified nominations of businesswomen in top
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By Eveline Chikwanah Africa University has a major role to play in the development of the continent, said the keynote speaker at the United Methodist institution’s 30th anniversary celebrations. Michael Ugwueke, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee, lauded the university’s accomplishments during the Oct. 22 festivities, while also acknowledging
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Courtesy of Albany State University Albany State University (ASU) has been awarded $2.9 million for the Connecting Minority Communities Program federal grant from the United States Department of Commerce. This grant was made possible by the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021. The Connecting Minority Communities Program will plan, develop, and expand the institution’s reach to online
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By Katherine Knott Thomas Hudson, president at Jackson State University, had hoped to kick off this academic year by celebrating a large freshman class, record fundraising, new programs and the football team’s quest to defend its national championship. He set those thoughts aside after the Pearl River, which runs through Jackson, Miss., flooded and knocked
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By Candice Williams “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which will be released nationwide Friday, is already on track to become a critical success. It offers a poignant and powerful tribute to the film’s original Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2020 from colon cancer. Yet, as fans gear up for the second installment of this Black superhero
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Four Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) music programs are getting a major boost with a new grant competition presented by McDonald’s. Hosted by gospel hip-hop artist Sir The Baptist, the first-ever HBCU Exhibition is offering up a $75K grant for the school with the best choir or band. The remaining schools will each take home a
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By Brittany Bailer In celebration of National Author’s Day, the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership at Howard University hosted a conversation and book signing with the Honorable Debra Thomas-Felix, a labor advocate and judge from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Washington D.C. was the final stop of the American book launch tour.
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