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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By Hazel Scott The excitement is back, as Alabama State University’s Buzz Tour will be on the road again. On November 2, shortly after sunrise, a busload of ASU faculty, administrators, staff and students will get a chance to showcase what the University has to offer to perspective students. As they roll out from the
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By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University already feels like home for many. But now when it is time to return to the university, alumni will have a 10,773 square-foot facility to welcome them. TSU is slated to have a welcome center on campus in the near future to serve as a home away from home
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Courtesy of Grambling State University Entergy and Accenture, a professional services company, have partnered a second year with Grambling State University in Louisiana to develop an innovation and technology workforce of the future through an internship program called Level Up. Six GSU students are participating in the year-long internship and were assigned a specific project
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