Written By Benedict College The National Black College Hall of Fame Foundation recently announced that Ada Brown Belton has been selected as the 2023 Alumni Director of the Year. Belton is a successful fundraising professional and proud Cum Laude graduate of Benedict College. She currently serves as the Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations and Advancement
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By Aron Smith Jackson State University honors four students selected as part of the latest cohort of University Innovation Fellows by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. This prestigious program molds students into dynamic agents of change within their academic communities. “This journey was truly engaging and eye-opening. This whole experience has expanded
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Coutesy of Bowie State University The ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire, a country on the southern coast of West Africa, will visit Bowie State University as part this year’s International Education Week, which runs from Nov. 13-17. Ambassador Ibrahima Touré will share a collection of national artifacts and traditional foods of Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday, Nov.
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By William H. Kelly III THEE Aristocrats STEM and Health Sciences Program at Jackson State University (JSU) attended the National Space Grant Directors Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, hosted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project. JSU students Jordan Brown and Brandon Fisher joined Noel Gardner, Ph.D., director of THEE Aristocrats STEM and
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Courtesy of Bowie State University Maryland’s First Lady, Dawn Flythe Moore, will deliver remarks to over 400 graduates at Bowie State University’s Fall Commencement on Thursday, December 21, at the Leonidas S. James Physical Education Complex from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Moore, the wife of the state’s first Black Governor, Wes Moore, is a
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By Andrew Skerritt Florida A&M University (FAMU) Homecoming 2023 reached a fitting finale with the Rattlers clinching the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) East Division following its 45-7 victory over Prairie View A&M University on Saturday, Oct. 28. Most of the sell-out Bragg Memorial Stadium crowd were in a festive mood as the new scoreboard flashed
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Written By Monica Lewis With Veterans Day approaching, Howard University’s Office of Military and Veterans Services (OMVS) hosted “Coffee and Conversation: A Celebration for Student Veterans and Military-Connected Families” on Thursday, November 9. The event also served as the official launch of OMVS’ new Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapter, marking the beginning of a
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By Claretta Bellamy More must be done to curb AI’s potential for harm or the further marginalization of people of color, a panel of experts weighing the ever-widening reach of AI warned last week. The warning came during a panel discussion here at the Obama Foundation’s Democracy Forum, a yearly event for thought leaders to exchange
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Courtesy of Fisk University Fisk University is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. G. Preston Wilson, Jr. as the new Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers®. Dr. Wilson’s selection comes after an extensive yearlong search and is set to take effect on January 1st, 2024. He will be following in the footsteps of esteemed
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By Neda Ulaby American high school students, who were born after the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, are grimly accustomed to shooting drills and regular, if not daily, reports of gun violence on the news. It was the 2018 school shooting at Parkland, Fla., that helped catalyze Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence. The
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