Courtesy of Texas Southern University Aris Singleton graduated from Texas Southern University in 2017. Six years later, she is the youngest CEO of a textured hair care brand. In September, she graced the cover of the Collector’s Issue of JET Magazine. “I am filled with so much pride and great joy,” Singleton said. “I am
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Written by Grambling State University Longtime friendships often lead to long-lasting effects and impacts, sometimes even after those friends are deceased. That was the case in the friendship of former University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Joel L. Fletcher and former Grambling State University (GSU) President Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones who first met in the
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By Misha Cornelius The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced today the Academy will gift to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts a replacement of actor Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award®. Howard University will host a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” at its Cramton Auditorium in Washington,
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By Angel Higgins The goal of the Tennessee State University Office of Student Activities and Leadership is to enhance the skills of those elected or selected to serve in the student government association. Mister Junior Tamauri Murray is doing just that by using his platform to bring awareness to breast cancer awareness. Murray organized the TSU
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By Emi Tuyetnhi Tran Congress’ longest-serving Black staffer, Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, who worked his way up from sweeping the steps of the Capitol as a teenager to coordinating one of the Senate’s most important committees, died this week. He was 92. Bowman died on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at a rehabilitation facility in North Bethesda, Maryland, of
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By East L. Dockery Three North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University professors have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Medtronic Research & Development Program Award. Laquanda Johnson, Ph.D., MBA, associate professor of supply chain management; Stephen Knisley, Ph.D., professor of chemical biological and bioengineering; and Ali Salman, Ph.D.,
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By Uwa Ede-Osifo To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, and for the most part led.” Despite the ubiquity of the salons, most visible along 125th Street in Manhattan, Bioh saw little
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By Mark Lawton Joy Harrell Goff, ’98, of Durham became executive director of BUMP the Triangle, a nonprofit that brings African diasporic arts and culture to the Triangle area, particularly to young people. In her new role, Goff wanted to revamp programming, serve more people and learn how to raise more money. “When I became
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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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