Courtesy of South Carolina State University U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called on South Carolina State University students to register to vote and have their voices heard in the American democracy. “To all the students here today I’m saying, there is no limit to your capacity for greatness,” Harris said. “There is no
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By Katie Kamin A former women’s basketball coach at South Carolina State University has gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars from South Carolina’s Insurance Reserve Fund after she sued the school and its former athletic director earlier this year. In the lawsuit filed in March of 2022, former coach Audra Smith accused SC State and
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Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University and Stackwell, the digital investment platform designed to eliminate the racial wealth gap, today announced the launch of a new student investment program that will provide funded investment accounts and financial investment education to every member of the university’s freshman class. Hampton is donating a total of $25,000 to seed
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By Brandee Sanders From Ava DuVernay to Nadia Hallgren, Black women have used filmmaking as a vessel to reclaim their narratives and magnify societal truths. Thanks to a generous donation Spelman College will be able to empower the next generation of storytellers. The Atlanta-based HBCU received a $1 million endowment from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation for the creation
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED) is pleased to announce that four student teams from Clark Atlanta University have been chosen as campus-round winners for the Blackstone Launchpad Ideas Competition. The competition had four categories in which students from all disciplines across campus were invited to compete: Social
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By Jackie Torok Intelligent.com has named North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University its Best Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in North Carolina for 2023. N.C. A&T is the only HBCU named to the site’s list of the state’s top 18 colleges and universities for 2023. Intelligent.com also ranked A&T at No. 18 on its list
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By Fernando Stewart The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday knocked down a 2018 voter-identification law it said discriminated against Black voters and ordered a state Senate map be redrawn due to Republican partisan gerrymandering. Both were 4-3 decisions along party lines, with all the court’s Democratic justices voting in the majority and all Republican justices dissenting.
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By Stephen J. Gaither Ed Reed looks like he will be the next Hall of Fame defensive back to take over at an HBCU. The former Baltimore Raven is expected to be named the next head coach at Bethune-Cookman University, according to Brett McMurphy. He will replace Terry Sims, who was dismissed in November after
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Courtesy of Fisk University HCA Healthcare announced that it will give $1.5 million to Fisk University to support scholarships for students pursuing a degree in nursing. This gift is part of the organization’s larger commitment to give $10 million over three years to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). HCA Healthcare has now announced
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By Kenneth Mullinax Students in ASU’s Department of Communications will start the new year with a new look for their broadcast training studio. The Bama State News Studio, located on the fifth floor of the Levi Watkins Learning Center, now rivals the style of many commercial television news sets. Within the last month, the newly renovated
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