Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University partnered with local educators to encourage local high school students to consider studying science, technology, engineering, or math during Tuskegee University STEMmED Day. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, high school students from Macon County, Notasulga, Bullock County, Montgomery Public Schools, Ramsey High in Birmingham, Auburn, and Loachapoka
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By Emmanuel Freeman Isabelle Langham, the executive director of Student Success at Tennessee State University, has been appointed to the Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), the Global Community for Academic Advising. NACADA is widely recognized as the leading association globally for the advancement of student success through excellence
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By Markita Rowe The University Galleries at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host the 2023 Alumni Art Exhibition during its homecoming celebration. Set to present a diverse range of styles, subjects and mediums, the group exhibition will showcase alumni artists from the university’s Visual Arts Program. The exhibition’s opening reception is Thursday,
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Courtesy of Texas Southern University From expanding state parks and high-speed internet access to authorizing property tax relief and financing natural gas electric generating plants, a new survey suggests Texas voters are poised to approve some of the highest-profile proposed amendments to the state constitution. The survey from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at
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By Curtis Bunn Kim and Tommy Sturdivant said they didn’t consider pulling their two children — son Seth at Morgan State University and daughter Mia at Howard University — out of school after the rash of gun violence that struck historically Black colleges and universities across the country earlier this month. The Sturdivants were troubled, for
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Written By Grambling State Unviersity Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, who serves as president of Hampton University, will be the keynote speaker for Founder’s Day Convocation as Grambling State University prepares to celebrate its annual 122nd Founder’s Celebration. The Convocation is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, inside the Frederick C.
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By Mark Lawton A new internship program aims to alleviate a shortage of African American physicians. North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Duke University jointly developed the Mentored Internship Program. Starting in September 2023, an undergraduate from NCCU began as an intern in the division of nephrology (kidney) at Duke University School of Medicine for one year. Gentzon
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By Kevin Childs An anonymous donor has committed $3.5 million to Howard University to establish an endowed chair in honor of the late education entrepreneur Sean McCleese. The Sean McCleese Endowed Chair in Computer Science, Race and Social Justice supports scholarship, teaching, policy development and partnership building. The goal of this endowed chair is to ensure
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Written By the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), currently celebrating its year-long sesquicentennial and hosting its annual homecoming celebration from October 15 to 21, proudly introduces the “Mission, Milestones, & Memories” traveling exhibit currently on display in the Pine Bluff Regional Airport lobby. The exhibit was created, curated, and produced
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