Courtesy of Lincoln University of Missouri Lincoln University of Missouri’s (LU) Nyah Singh has been selected as the first LU participant for the Milken Institute’s inaugural HBCU Fellowship Program, a program created in order to recruit top talent from a geographically diverse group of HBCUs. A junior at LU majoring in health and wellness (sports management)
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By Jalen Brown Langston University announced this week it will clear student balances for a second time in recent years to “lessen the burden” of those enrolled in the school. More than $4.5 million in student debt is being canceled at the historically Black university in Oklahoma, Langston President Kent J. Smith Jr. said Wednesday in
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Courtesy of Howard University Adventist HealthCare and Howard University, which operates the Howard Faculty Practice Plan, have signed a two-year management services agreement in which Adventist HealthCare will support and manage all practice operations at the Faculty Practice Plan. The agreement begins April 1, 2023. Adventist HealthCare will bring in a new leadership team over the next several
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By D. Thompson The Tower Road Bus Documentary chronicles how integrating the Prince George’s County Schools through forced busing impacted and changed the lives of students, teachers, and a principal who all received their undergraduate or graduate degrees from Bowie State. The film brings focus to the events that occurred 50 years ago surrounding school
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By Christina Compere Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) recent graduate Shereca Florestial received the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship (FDBS) from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) today. Florestial, from Kissimmee, Florida, who was a Health Information and Informatics Management major, received a $10,000 scholarship. “I’m really excited and I am living proof that you can go
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Courtesy of Langston University CoBank and Langston University today announced a multi-year pilot program that will introduce Langston students to CoBank and the Farm Credit System and create connections for students pursuing career opportunities in banking and financial services. CoBank has committed $500,000 to support the effort, which will launch later this year. Dubbed the
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Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University will close Women’s History Month by hosting Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in the U.S. Department of State. She is also the first African American to serve as an Under Secretary of State. Dr. Jenkins, who previously served in the
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Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has received a $4.2 million dollar grant to understand the impact increasing technological access and literacy will have on digital health equity. This project encompasses the work of Morehouse School of Medicine’s Office of Academic Programs & Affiliations, Undergraduate Medical Education, Office of Digital Technology,
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In 1799, Washington and Lee University admitted John Chavis who is noted as the first African American on record to attend college. However, the first African American to have earned a bachelor’s degree from an American university, Alexander Lucius Twilight, graduated from Middlebury College in 1823. Three decades later, Mary Jane Patterson was the first African
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By Alexis Clark Women’s History Month is celebrated in March every year to recognize and honor the contributions that women have made in society throughout history. Tennessee State University honors its women with gratitude for their historic impact and achievements accomplished dating back to 1912. This month represents acknowledgement of previous and current contributions of
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