Courtesy of Elizabeth City State University Sixteen Elizabeth City State University students have been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and will travel abroad in 2023. Scholarship funding totals $70,000 for students traveling throughout the 2022-2023 academic year. The Gilman Scholarship is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and was designed
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Courtesy of Central State University Central State University is committed to preparing students for innovative careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and agriculture (STEM-Ag) through its 1890 Land-Grant mission. Centralian Jasmine Walker, ’20, is an environmental engineer at GHD, a global professional services company focused on water, energy, and urbanization. She recently appeared on PBS Learning
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By Brittany Bailer Continuing its commitment to access and education for minority business owners, The Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship will hold its inaugural HUxPNC Black Commerce Conference: The Future of Entrepreneurship June 14-16, 2023, at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, DC (999 9th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001). The event will feature celebrity entrepreneurs Lamman
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By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University National Alumni Association (FAMU NAA) raised $339,883.24 for student scholarships and other programs during its annual breakfast fundraiser Saturday, June 3. “We are so thankful and appreciative of all our alumni, most importantly to those who thought it not robbery to give to support our students today and
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Officials dedicated a California skate park Sunday in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who spent much of his youth in the state and was killed in January in what prosecutors said was a fatal beating by police in Tennessee during a traffic stop. An avid skateboarder, Nichols spent much time as a youth at the
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Courtesy of Drake State Community and Technical College Residents who choose to attend any of Alabama’s six historically black community colleges (HBCCs), including Drake State Community & Technical College, will now have access to more scholarships and professional development opportunities through a prestigious national partnership. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced a resolution Tuesday
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