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PVAMU Unveils Bold New Branding Centered on Excellence

Courtesy of Prairie View A&M University Excellence. It’s a word that’s synonymous with Prairie View A&M University. It’s also the key term laying the foundation for PVAMU’s new marketing campaign. The new brand launching today will roll out in two phases, featuring a new look and feel across the University’s homepage, billboards, radio, broadcast, brand

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NSU Honored Among 2023 Top Virginia Employers for Interns

Courtesy of Norfolk State University The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) today recognized 100 recipients of the 2023 Top Virginia Employers for Interns Awards. The annual award recognizes Virginia employers who provide high-quality internships to students. Some of the noteworthy efforts of employers include exposure to senior leaders, structured mentorship programs, housing allowances, paid

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Wave of College President Resignations Signals Crisis

By Josh Moody The end of July brought a flurry of sudden presidential resignations. Over the course of a week, presidents stepped down at Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Seton Hall University, Thomas Jefferson University and Berklee College of Music. Their reasons for resigning are as varied as the institutions they led, with some departing

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VP Harris Unveils $20B Green Grants at Coppin State

Courtesy of Coppin State University Vice President Kamala Harris visited the campus of Coppin State University on July 14, 2023, to announce two grant competitions providing $20 billion in grant dollars to invest in projects designed to reduce pollution, expand clean energy opportunities, and advance environmental justice. “We have seen around our country where communities

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Fisk, Schomburg Center Awarded Grant for Digital Archive

Courtesy of Fisk University Fisk University and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture have received a two-year $120,000 NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grant for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies. The collaborative grant program between the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the

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TSU Aviation Earns Prestigious AABI Accreditation

Courtesy of Texas Southern University Texas Southern University’s aviation program has achieved one of the highest levels of recognition in the industry. The program has been professionally accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI). “This is one of the proudest days in our program’s history,” said Dr. Terence Fontaine, Executive Director of Aviation. “Being

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TSU Engineering Earns $2.25M NSF Grant for Student Success

By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University’s College of Engineering is committed to fostering a community of budding first year engineer students and has received a monetary boost to continue this endeavor. This year the college has been awarded a $2.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will go into effect fall 2023. The

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Howard Hosts Symposium on Military Integration & Inclusion

Courtesy of the Howard University Newsroom Staff Blue Star Families (BSF) in partnership with Howard University and The Chamberlain Project, hosted a panel symposium titled “Freedom to Serve: Integrating the Armed Services,” on July 26. The event wove together the expertise, data, and action of Blue Star Families’ Campaign for Inclusion with Howard University’s deep history of military service

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FAMU Sends 12 Top Journalism Students to NABJ 2023

By Andrew Skerritt The Florida A&M University (FAMU) School of Journalism and Graphic Communication (SJGC) is sending 12 students to the 2023 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair in Birmingham, Alabama. The convention will be held August 2-6 and is the largest gathering of Black journalists, media executives, educators, and marketing

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African, South American Students Face U.S. Visa Denials

By Emi Tuyetnhi Tran Students in Africa and South America have been denied visas to study in the U.S. at disproportionately higher rates than students from elsewhere in the world, according to a report published Wednesday. The number of F-1 student visa denials has risen from 2015 to 2022, according to research by Shorelight and the

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