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 to offer
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By Emmanuel Freeman Two Tennessee State University graduate students have been selected for the Tennessee Hospital Association’s (THA) Agenda 21 Internship Program. J’la Jenkins, and Bege Mallam, both public health majors, were among 12 students from schools across the country who participated in a 12-week, paid supervised learning experience for qualified graduate students in healthcare administration
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Courtesy of Howard University Howard University announced the appointment of civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill, as the inaugural Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights. This appointment is a testament to Ifill’s distinguished career and outstanding contributions to the fields of law, civil rights, and social justice. Ifill most recently served as
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Courtesy of Savannah State University Savannah State University (SSU) has received a $25,000 gift from Hyundai Motor America in support of undergraduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Additional to the scholarship investment, the funds will also be used to provide STEM camps to local children, to help expose more young minds
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University has announced the appointment of Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., as Southern Regional Director of the National Center for Entrepreneurship at CAU. As part of a partnership with The Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship, the center will support expanded opportunities for Black entrepreneurship through ownership,
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Courtesy of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff UAPB was one of five historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) participating in a second annual Leadership Exchange Program sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in May 2023. The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) group visited BMS’s Lawrenceville and New Brunswick, New Jersey sites. This year’s
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