May 16, 2023

Tuskegee Wins 2023 Governor’s Trade Excellence Award

Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University received the 2023 Governor’s Trade Excellence Award presented by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey at a ceremony held at the State Capitol. Tuskegee is the first university ever to receive the award. The Governor’s Trade Excellence Award honors Tuskegee University as an outstanding example of an Alabama organization that has

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Isaiah Land, HBCU Draft Snub, and the Power of Opportunity

By Ken Makin Shortly after the NFL draft ended Saturday, the Twitter account for Florida A&M University’s football program offered a glimpse into the moment one of the biggest draft prospects in the historically Black college community got the call. The Dallas Cowboys had just signed FAMU linebacker Isaiah Land as an undrafted free agent.

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Lt. Aaron Salter Scholarship Honors Buffalo Shooting Hero

By Claretta Bellamy One year after a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket devastated aĀ Black communityĀ in Buffalo, New York, one victim is being memorialized through the gift of education. Friends and former colleagues spearheaded a scholarship fund for local high school students to help pay for college expenses in honor of Aaron Salter, the security

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Oprah Inspires TSU Grads with Powerful Commencement Speech

By Emmanuel Freeman Oprah! Oprah! Oprah! That was the deafening chant that permeated the 12,000-seat Hale Stadium on Saturday, as Oprah Winfrey, Tennessee State University’s most famous alumnus made her triumphant return to her alma mater as the spring undergraduate commencement speaker. The throng of exciting fans poured onto the field trying to touch, get

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Howard’s CJD Awarded $4M to Advance Health Equity Journalism

By Sholnn Z. Freeman TheĀ Center for Journalism &Ā DemocracyĀ (CJD) at Howard University hasĀ wonĀ a $4 million award over three years from theĀ Robert Wood Johnson FoundationĀ (RWJF) to establish innovative academic and applied research programs that will advance health equity journalism atĀ HBCUs. The Center for Journalism & Democracy aims to build a pipeline of pro-democracy journalists trained in investigative

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ASU Professor Wins EBSCO Award for Media Preservation Work

By Kenneth Mullinax An assistant professor of recording technology in the Department of Communications at Alabama State University has been awarded theĀ EBSCO Scholarship for Audiovisual Preservation and Archiving, which is a national fellowship. Professor Michael BeanĀ received the prestigious award that paid for the tuition and travel associated with the Masters of Library Information Studies program,

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Bowie State Para-Educators Set to Become Certified Teachers

Courtesy of Bowie State University Over 20 paraprofessionals who work for the Howard County Public Schools (HCPS) have completed their course work at Bowie State University and will become certified teachers after they graduate in two weeks and pass the state’s Praxis examinations through a Maryland Department of Education program designed to address the teacher

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