Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College announced the appointment of Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Ph.D., C’82, as the College’s new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Scott-Johnson, who currently serves as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, will join Spelman on August 1, 2023. “We
MoreCourtesy of Gadsen State Community College Gadsden State Community College faculty, staff and students partnered with the City of Gadsden and the Homeless Coalition of Northeast Alabama for Project Homeless Connect on June 14 at 210 at the Tracks. The homeless community had the opportunity to receive free summer clothes, medical services and food at
MoreBy Mya Jolly Miles College is proud to announce the reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The College achieved a ten-year reaffirmation of its accreditation with no recommendations for improvement by SACSCOC. This is historic! This stellar achievement demonstrates the exceptional quality and value of a
MoreBy Megan Lebowitz House leaders and the head of the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a stamp Wednesday honoring the late Rep. John Lewis. The stamp design features a 2013 photograph of Lewis, D-Ga., taken by Marco Grob for Time magazine, the Postal Service said in a news release. The selvage, or a stamp pane’s margin, will feature a 1963 photograph of Lewis
MoreCourtesy of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff With a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) will lead a collaboration with the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UAF) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) to establish a Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE)
MoreBy Larry J. Sanders Howard University luminaries, Hollywood celebrities, and D.C. dignitaries all converged to celebrate the retirement of four members of the University’s Board of Trustees and Howard’s 17th president, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick. The evening program was hosted by award-winning entertainer Anthony Anderson (BFA ’22), who opened by reminiscing on his relationship
MoreCourtesy of Drake State Community & Technical College Miles College and Drake State Community & Technical College have partnered to create scholarship opportunities and pathways to earning a bachelor’s degree. The institutions’ presidents signed an articulation agreement today at Miles College. The agreement has four components, including a collaborative and seamless transfer process, scholarship eligibility,
MoreBy Char Adams The death of Olympic track and field star Tori Bowie, who died of pregnancy complications last month, has prompted questions about how a seemingly healthy, financially stable person could face such a tragic outcome. Experts say that the racial health disparities that lead to maternal health complications for Black people persist despite a person’s
MoreCourtesy of Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) was recognized as a new Purple Heart University for its longstanding commitment to members of the U.S. Armed Services community in a ceremony held on campus April 12. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6060, Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 639 and
MoreBy Sholnn Z. Freeman The Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease will hold its annual World Sickle Cell Day Symposium on Friday, June 16. The online symposium will feature a discussion with Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, who lives with the disease, and Harold Fisher of WHUR-FM 96.3. The symposium begins at 3 p.m. The event will also feature door
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