Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Minority North Carolina residents will be more represented in the public health workforce this summer. Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) students Jeremiah Reese, Jennifer Hunt, Hannah Jackson, and Lee Sales have accepted internships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) as part of the department’s Historically Black
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By Amber D. Dodd Howard University hosted a two-day conference, “Hip Hop 50: Past, Present, and Future Conference,” in celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Conference organizers included Benita King, Dr. David Greene, Dr. Roger Caruth, and a committee of faculty members and students throughout the University. King said her son’s desire to experience hip-hop in the classroom
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By Alexis Clark This year’s Faculty and Staff Institute (FSI) was particularly special as it marked the beginning of a new academic year filled with remarkable achievements and the promise of even greater accomplishments to come, along with a significant announcement later from President Dr. Glenda Glover. President Glover took the stage in front of
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By Janelle Griffith As the start of the school year approaches in Florida, some teachers say chaos and confusion have marked the days leading up to reopening as they navigate how to teach under new state policies. Teachers say they are going into classrooms less confident about their lesson plans, confused about changes to state laws and on high
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Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is all set to address Prairie View A&M University’s summer 2023 graduating class. The 62nd mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city will serve as the distinguished speaker at the University’s 112th Summer Commencement Convocation on Saturday, Aug. 12. Over 200 students are expected to walk across the
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By Keith Reed It might seem odd–difficult or even a tinge disrespectful–to put into words a consideration of how significant any one Black woman might be to the rest of the country right now. We are, after all, in a space where Black women at large are having a moment: income and wealth gaps persist, reproductive
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Courtesy of Fisk University Digital inclusion has become an increasingly critical issue as the pandemic brought greater visibility to disparities in internet access. With more aspects of life requiring access to the internet—everything from healthcare and education to business and government services—the disadvantages caused by the digital divide and inequitable access have only deepened. Moreover,
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