By Hazel Scott Alabama State University’s Golden Class of 1973 marked its 50th anniversary Thursday, May 4, with a reunion celebration on campus and with the announcement of a historic gift for scholarship support and Strategic Initiatives of the University. The Golden Class raised $253,000 the largest gift from a Golden Class in recent history.
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By Donna Bradby NaTasha Yvette Williams ‘92, who graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Theatre Arts Program in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for “Some Like It Hot.” “Some Like It Hot”
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By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Nursing (SON) opened its new simulation lab for students to gain hands-on clinical experience in a new state-of-the-art facility. The ribbon-cutting occurred during the recent visit to the Tallahassee campus by U.S. Department of Education and Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) officials. The University secured $2.2 million in
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Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College is pleased to announce the retirement of distinguished alumna Rosalind (Roz) Brewer, C’84, from the College’s Board of Trustees after 17 years of service. She joined the Board in 2006, and has served as Board chair for the past 12 years. Brewer will assume a new title on June
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By Brittany Bailer President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as the commencement speaker for Howard’s 155th Commencement ceremony on May 13 at the Capital One Arena. Biden was conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, just before delivering remarks. This year, Howard University awarded 1,852 degrees. Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, MBA, hailed the graduating class for
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Courtesy of North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is embarking on training its frontline staff and managers through a new customer service initiative, “Bringing the Aggie Experience to Life.” The university incorporated this initiative in its recently unveiled “Preeminence 2030: North Carolina A&T Blueprint.” This latest strategic plan, which builds on
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By Andrew Skerritt U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge exhorted Florida A&M University spring 2023 graduates to stand up and be counted to face the mounting challenges ahead. “Class of 2023, you are the next generation of leaders who will demand this country lives up to its promise. You are the ones
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By Ken Makin Shortly after the NFL draft ended, 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. Land,
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By Emma Sánchez Fort Lee in Virginia will be officially renamed Fort Gregg-Adams on Thursday after two Black officers who made significant contributions to the U.S. Army. The post is one of nine Army bases that will be renamed as part of the process of redesignating bases named after Confederate leaders, according to an Army statement. “We
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By Emmanuel Freeman United States Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, the man who led the congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, told Tennessee State University graduate school candidates to be aware of forces that are trying to change the course of democracy in the country by twisting facts and reality to
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