March 13, 2024

Bowie State Shines at CIAA 2024 Education and Tech Events

Courtesy of Bowie State University Although the CIAA Basketball Tournament brings fans and alumni from around the nation to the week-long event, the Education Day, Career Fair and Tech Summit are among the many off-court activities that attracted Bowie State students and staff. BSU Admissions Office staff and students were on hand at Education Day

More

TSU Students Join Showtime/MTV Storytellers Lab Launch

By Alexis Clark Two Tennessee State University students have been selected as ambassadors for the inaugural launch of the Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios Storytellers Lab. The Storytellers Lab is an initiative designed to create partnerships with HBCUs to cultivate diverse creator pipelines within the entertainment industry. Showtime selected TSU students Billy Ashton Briggs and DeShonda Kennerson,

More

Langston University Partners to Support Local Veterans

Courtesy of Langston University Langston University and Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens have entered into a partnership meant to enhance the way the Veterans Memorial Gardens honors veterans while also giving students opportunities to gain real-world experience. The partnership was signed Nov. 11, 2023, and marks a new era in the relationship between the University

More

Michael Strahan Leads TSU Sports Hall of Fame Class

Michael Strahan is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — and many others — but he will soon be in a new one. Strahan is a part of the latest Hall of Fame class at Texas Southern University. The Texas Southern University Sports Hall of Fame, which was reinstated recently, has announced its first

More

NAACP Urges Black Athletes to Rethink Florida Colleges

By Daniel Arkin The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. In a letter sent Monday to current and future student-athletes of the

More

Dale E. Jones Gives $2.5M to Support Morehouse Seniors

By Margaret Attridge Magna Vista Partners CEO Dale E. Jones established a $2.5 million scholarship at Morehouse College to help juniors and seniors graduate from the historically Black men’s college in Atlanta. The “Finishing Well” Scholarship will benefit juniors and seniors at the liberal arts college who need help paying for their education in their

More

Mississippi Senate Moves Bill to Study Public University Efficiency

By Quintessa Williams Senate Bill 2726, naming eight public universities, three of which were historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Jackson State University in the state, failed to pass at the state’s Capitol. On Monday, the Senate instead moved Senate Bill 2725, (introduced by Sen. Nicole Boyd) which would establish a taskforce made up of

More

Howard University Wins $1M Grant to Fight HIV in Black Women

By Sholnn Freeman The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health in the Howard University College of Medicine has been awarded close to $1 million in grant funding from a new Gilead Sciences Inc. initiative dedicated to improving the HIV landscape for Black women and girls. Gilead Sciences announced awards this week totaling $12.6 million in grant

More