Courtesy of Stillman College The Stillman College Board of Trustees selected Dr. Yolanda W. Page as the institution’s eighth president at its May 4 meeting. Page currently serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Savannah State University and will begin her tenure at Stillman on July 1. She will succeed Dr. Cynthia
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By Paula Owens Clark Atlanta University will host ninth graders from the Douglass High School STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Academy for the Google Career Community Scholars Academy as part of the university’s Professional Learning and Continuing Education (PLACE) initiative on June 20 – 23. The 4-day academy will give the students a glimpse
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Trenholm State Community College’s educational and clinical partnership with Baptist Health is expanding with a new Licensed Practical Nursing program – called Immediate Impact. Dr. Brad Fricks Executive Vice President and Vice President of Instructional Services at Trenholm State Community College said, “We are thrilled to partner with Baptist Health to develop this innovative LPN
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Courtesy of Philander Smith College Philander Smith College is pleased to be the recipient of a $2 million grant from the Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church in support of phase one fundraising for the institution’s Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health. The Harry R. Kendall Science and Health Mission Center,
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Courtesy of Miles College Middle-school and high-school students in Birmingham City Schools will have an opportunity this summer to earn college credit and attend summer camps at the historic Miles College, thanks to a new partnership approved recently by the Birmingham Board of Education. The school district will spend up to $100,500 on registration and
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Courtesy of Central State University Students at Central State University will soon benefit from a $787,000 gift from Columbus-based University Housing Solutions to support activities and programming on the campus in Wilberforce. The donation completes a $2 million pledge by UHS to Central State, Ohio’s only public Historically Black College or University and 1890 Land-Grant
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Courtesy of Shorter University More than 250 Shorter University students and faculty took part in the University’s annual Hawks on Mission Day. “Hawks on Mission Day is an annual day sponsored by the Christian Studies Department, where Shorter University students come together to go out and serve the community through a variety of service projects
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPPS) researchers have, for the first time in the United States, created corneas using a high performance 3D printer. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project is geared toward 3D printing and additive processing and could lead to breakthroughs in helping patients with eye problems and
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By Amber D. Dodd Juneteenth is the holiday that recognizes when Union troops delivered the Emancipation Proclamation to the last known groups of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. Celebrations have been a cultural moniker in Black communities since the first events in 1865, just two years before Howard University’s founding on March 2, 1867. But,
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Courtesy of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Beginning Fall 2023, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will offer two new degree programs, pending approval by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board at its July 28 meeting. In May, the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees voted to approve a Bachelor
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