By Tangela Richardson The Board of Trustees has embarked on a comprehensive engagement plan to expand the number of ways alumni can become involved with the University. These new opportunities encourage participation and create more leadership roles through three separate board initiatives. âThe Board of Visitors, the Trustee Candidate Identification Advisory Council (TCIAC), and the
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Courtesy of Coppin State University Ahead of the holidays, Coppin State University Police Department hosted three Coppin Academy students for a shopping trip to Arundel Mills Mall for the departmentâs inaugural Shop with a Cop event, December 16. Coppin Academy students were selected for the Shop with a Cop event, based on essays they wrote
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By Andrew Skerritt Among the 600 Florida A&M University (FAMU) graduates earning degrees during the fall 2022 commencement was Jerry Clark,Jr., who earned a Ph.D. in physics. Originally from Miami, Clark attended Booker T. Washington Sr. High School before attending FAMU, where he earned his bachelorâs and masterâs in physics and completed his doctoral coursework. He
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By Bilal G. Morris The City of Jackson could finally be getting the federal aid they need to fix the massive water crisis that has plagued the Mississippi city for decades. According to Mississippi Free Press, House Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced this week that the congressional year-end funding omnibus
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Courtesy of Jackson State University Jackson State Universityâs Gibbs-Green Plaza recently became the central point for a winter candy land at the annual Holiday Under The Stars event, hosted by the university. Holiday Under The Stars is an annual event centered around bringing the local Jackson community and JSU together to kick off the holiday
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Courtesy of Hampton University Hampton University announced today that it has entered into a collaborative partnership with Yale University, which has created the Pennington Fellowship. The new scholarship program will support New Haven public school students who choose to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Pennington Fellowship will support 10 to 12 students
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) was recently awarded $578,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to use over three years to develop a digital humanities infrastructure at the college. This year, CAU conducted a Workshop Series and Summer Institute aimed at helping faculty and scholars in graduate school from historically black
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Courtesy of Fisk University Sixteen womenâs collegiate gymnastics teams are heading to Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6-7, 2023, for the inaugural Super 16 presented by Ozone at the Orleans Arena. The Super 16 presented by Ozone, the largest womenâs collegiate invitational with more than 300 gymnasts, opens the first day of the womenâs 2023 collegiate
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Courtesy of Florida A&M University Florida A&M University has been ranked the top public HBCU for the fourth year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Reportâs âBest Colleges 2023â guidebook. Released Sept. 13, FAMU also ranked No. 103 nationally among public universities. The institution ranked no. 7 among all public or private HBCUs,
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By Jamie Crockett A research team comprised of professors, post-doctoral and graduate student researchers from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University presented at the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in Chicago. Solomon Bililign, Ph.D., Marc N. Fiddler, Ph.D., Vaios Moschos, Ph.D., Janica Gordon, MarkieâSha James and Megan Mouton participated in poster and
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